YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Short Stories by William Faulkner Compared
Essays 511 - 540
In eight pages this paper discusses how social evolution is represented in the characters of Janie Woods in Hurston's Their Eyes W...
nor hard-chargers like Charlotte Rittenmeyer in ""The Wild Palms" seem to win Faulkners full approval, though they all, like all h...
black as synonymous with good and evil that immediately plunges Joe into an emotional turmoil, from which he never completely dise...
Tony Hillerman's collection of stories are discussed in an analysis of historical detail with 'The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo' b...
In seven pages this paper examines knowledge, time, and truth in this thematic analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's stories 'The Balloon ...
of twenty she had received a proposal, which she had promptly declined, and at the age of fifty she had not yet lived to regret it...
other words it compels the reader to say, "What?!" or "Whoah. What happens next?" or "Wow, how did this happen?" Any combination ...
this only comes in the form of regret at the end. In fact, if anyone were to be bitter about things, it would have to be the gra...
son of Odysseus, wearing a disguise and instills in him the courage to challenge the suitors of his mother. Additionally Athena pe...
journey, he prefers to run from the prophecy. He thinks he is doing the right thing, much like Ruebens belief that he is doing the...
not been fulfilled as she soon learned that many of the columns in the paper originated from a central syndication network and the...
BODY "I Stand Here Ironing" relates the several facts which are pertinent...
her, it is apparent that his "real" life is with his wife and children, and that Nadine is only on the periphery. It is ironic, of...
a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...
way his eyes move continually to the fact that he cannot stand to be touched: "Once, when he had been making a synopsis of a parag...
clearly shows how the concept of love differs between people, regardless of gender. "There was a time when I thought I loved my ...
tale: "The stories include The Courtship of Mr. Lyon,] a fairly straightforward interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, which is a...
rage (Cutts). Poe, like his stories, was quite unusual. Even his physical appearance hinted that his mental processes were...
been. She is flighty. She moved out of the family home early, as soon as she began college, but Maggie is still living at home. Wh...
Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...
not strain her mental state. She must not write in her journal, she must not be in a room she finds more pleasant than the one cho...
true nature. Goodman Browns problems stem from his decision to reject certain facets of the human condition. In fact, after he ret...
room do not hear, the "hypocritical smiles" that are not there. He screams and tells them the heart is under the planks. He believ...
what they had just read (TeacherFocus.com). If they had not been shocked they would likely not have done this, and they were proba...
gothic tone, which is a feature of romanticism. Goodman Brown soon arrives at his destination as he meet a man who has been wait...
a "filmy" eye, and in the narrators mind, it became an "evil" eye (Poe). The narrator, who is obviously mentally ill, decided he ...
be left with a limp as a reminder of his close call, however. However, because of this illness, he would often be sent to live ...
the perspective of Japanese culture, particularly in regards to "proper" conduct for women. From the beginning of the tale, Osen...
the world of all evil by silencing any voice of dissention. This short story clearly illustrates the idea that evil is in the doin...
but they carried him 1,000 feet and not the remaining 500 feet. The Japanese gave the man food and water and reported he was "list...