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a new life, and emphasizes how people, when tested by circumstances can overcome adversity along their path toward self-respect. ...

like Poes "The Casks of Amontillado," Joyces "The Dead" contains many "Gothic themes and motifs" (1). For one thing, the time of t...

from high school as "president and co-valedictorian of the senior class at Shillington High School. During that summer, Updike beg...

the end are shown to have empty, meaningless lives. "It was the very perfection of quiet absorption of good living, good drinking,...

of his contemporaries, [Poe] refused to soften or idealize mortality and kept its essential horror in view But what is the "essen...

In nine pages this paper discusses Yiddish American writer Isaac Bashevis Singer's life and writings including 'The Lecture' and '...

In five pages this paper discusses Shirley Jackson's life, writings, evil as a popular theme, and her most famous short story 'The...

In five pages Poe's short story is subjected to a psychological analysis that contends Poe related the many deaths that surrounded...

In five pages the author's reflections of the American Dream in characterizations of the novel such as that of Easy Rawlins are ex...

In one page this paper compares the characters Ivan Ilych from Leo Tolstoy's short story 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' and Linda Brent...

feel of the American youth culture, because he, and through his writing, Amory Blaine, as well, were young men of the time in whic...

In five pages this paper examines life and humanity in a comparison of the short stories Paul Fussell's 'Thank God for the Atom Bo...

In eight pages this paper analyzes Tolstoy's protagonist and considers how this short story explores the value and meaning of life...

In seven pages this paper examines how the theme of death is handled in London's short stories 'The Law of Life' and 'To Build a F...

In 8 pages the Social Darwinism and naturalism that are featured in the Jack London short stories 'The Whale Tooth,' 'The One Thou...

prisoners and the captors into villains and victims. He views the entire situation as evil, not evil perpetrated upon the innocent...

In five pages this paper discusses these two short stories in terms of how language is employed by the characters to achieve order...

In a paper consisting of 8 pages the symbolism of blindness in this short story by Raymond Carver is discussed in terms of insight...

In seven pages this paper discusses how Poe's real life experiences can be connected to the short story 'The Cask of Amontillado.'...

In five pages this paper discusses the themes of life and death evoked by Jack London in his short story 'To Build a Fire.' Four ...

structure" leaving "means neither of ingress or egress" (799). David R. Dudley states: "The Masque of the Red Death is a vanita...

In five pages this report analyzes 'My Father's Life,' a short story by Raymond Carver. Two sources are cited in the bibliography...

In five pages this paper examines the life of William Sydney Porter, a famous American writer of short stories who became more com...

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the short story called The Country Husband. This paper includes issues of trying to escape ...

This essay focuses on three works of John Updike, which are his novel A Month of Sundays and his short stories "Wildlife" and "Far...

This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Dry September." The writer offers analysis of the plot and argues that Faulkner use...

In five pages the ways in which allegory is used by the author in this short story are discussed. Two sources are cited in the bi...

In six pages this research paper examines how within 'Bliss,' a short story by Katherine Mansfield, the author masterfully manipul...

A 5 page review of the short story that was included in the book And We Sold the Rain.The three mysteries presented by the author ...

In five pages this paper analyzes Stephen King's short story in terms of how the author employs the setting of rural Maine. There...