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the mind of a murderer, who casually confesses to his crime to an unnamed acquaintance some fifty years after the fact. The narra...

who despises her life and dreams of wealth and social status. When she is finally invited to an elegant reception, she complains ...

until it breaks. This inner storm mirrors the outer storm which brings Calixta and Alcee together. "When he touched her breasts t...

cigarette dangling out of the corner of his mouth, and a tie that had been loosened to hang limply against his shirt stood in fron...

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...

room do not hear, the "hypocritical smiles" that are not there. He screams and tells them the heart is under the planks. He believ...

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 ...

books. They always had a good time, and the bad boys had the broken legs; but in his case there was a screw loose somewhere; and i...

speaking with the man directly, or setting about to use his mind to figure out a logical answer, he resorts to unethical behavior....

true nature. Goodman Browns problems stem from his decision to reject certain facets of the human condition. In fact, after he ret...

and the girls eyes [stop] rolling. At this point Mrs. Turpin asks her, What have you got to say to me?" (Bernardo [3]). This of...

the world of all evil by silencing any voice of dissention. This short story clearly illustrates the idea that evil is in the doin...

the perspective of Japanese culture, particularly in regards to "proper" conduct for women. From the beginning of the tale, Osen...

no simple way, for an old culture to adjust to a new one. New and Old World Beliefs The primary character in this story is the...

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

ended as they could have logically ended. So, too, it must be stated that this spelling out of the ending of the mysteries is a ...

as just another aspect of his wife who is indeed beautiful. Clearly God created everything about Georgiana and that birthmark is ...

such a position where this is his best hope. His entire family seems thrilled that he can have such a good job with good pay, neve...

not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...

and private places; the divisions which existed between regular days and festive days; the divisions which existed between the vil...

than relating the events of a shopping trip. "Shopping is really the story of a mothers (Mrs. Dietrichs) relationship with her t...

rage (Cutts). Poe, like his stories, was quite unusual. Even his physical appearance hinted that his mental processes were...

tale: "The stories include The Courtship of Mr. Lyon,] a fairly straightforward interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, which is a...

clearly shows how the concept of love differs between people, regardless of gender. "There was a time when I thought I loved my ...

not been fulfilled as she soon learned that many of the columns in the paper originated from a central syndication network and the...

beating his wife which illustrates a theme of the helpless, and perhaps primarily the helplessness of women in society controlled ...

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...

Joyce Carol Oates intertwines the element of tragedy in The Crying Baby, The Passion of Rydcie Mather and Where areYou Going? Whe...