YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Short Stories of Kate Chopin
Essays 541 - 570
end of the story, because the man whose son was killed appears to be handling it well. He notes that life is difficult, and that w...
she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...
History of a Campaign That Failed" with a recounting of his interactions with another young man that was about the same age that h...
fact. In "The Black Cat," the narrator tells readers that he was "docile" and "tender of heart" as a youth, and that he retained t...
many years, that she hardly heard them at all" (Lawrence). In these references it is quite clear that Mabel is essentially...
in the Broadway Journal (Magistrale 81). Steeped in Gothic tradition, the theme involves one mans descent into total madness, whi...
long as he can maintain he position of self-imposed eminence. Because Samia cannot remember where she left her very valuable ring...
is presumably himself, as an adult, looking back at the things his father did for him. These are things that the child clearly nev...
of a mother or a sister; and on his head was a three-cornered hat, which in its better days had perhaps sheltered the graver brow ...
the Russian culture has long remained something of a mystery as well. Even despite the seemingly mysterious nature of Russian l...
she imagines that she is able to rub "the life back into the dim little eyes" (Mansfield 176). On one level, Miss Brill realizes t...
possible defect" causes him dismay, as it is a "visible mark of earthly imperfection" (Hawthorne 1021). Alymers disdain for the bi...
opens the story by saying that he has heard that when people go through some sort of strange or supernatural experience, they usua...
flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...
nagging them at home. Given that he wrote many of his works between the fifties and seventies, it was a certainty that the indepen...
with Sykes tormenting her with a whip that mistakes for a snake. This image carries with it the historical weight of slavery, as...
it looks like a Holstein calf, and she is waggin her finger at me and sayin, "Child, you got to grab hold of the things you want i...
about it in the morning paper on the subway on his way to work. Sonny "had been picked up, the evening before, in a raid on an apa...
fantasy), horror has generated the most serious study. Fright master Stephen King credits this to the acclaimed literary trilogy...
like herself. From their initial conversation in the garden, Beatrice reassures him that she is sincere by stating that "Forget wh...
with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...
above her on the social ladder, Sophy accepts him when he proposes marriage. She marries, not from love, but more from a standpoin...
sack of flour, no gunpowder, or leather, or cloth, or iron tools" (Cather). He would see, "Not a letter, even -- no news of what w...
do that. Dave needs to understand himself well enough to determine that it is actually he who is flawed, and not society....
it right in front of him. However, in The Birthmark we are also introduced to the character of Aminidad, who...
Therefore, Aylmer is destined to live a life of unhappiness, based not upon any inherently horrible thing about his life, but base...
this keeps them interested even more, thus providing us with the dual nature of formal religion as it teaches one thing but does a...
Sebastian for the arrows to begin piercing him" (OConnor). We see the hat that she is so proud of an he, in his impatience, "Put i...
suggests that it belongs to Rachel, the teacher, Mrs. Price pounces on this piece of knowledge and insists that Rachel accept the ...