YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Short Stories of Margaret Atwood
Essays 421 - 450
himself during this period (Ross, 1999). He began writing soon after his arrival in Canada, and won the "Canadian Fiction Magazin...
reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...
This paper provides an analysis of this short story in terms of theme, symbolism, and character development. This four page paper ...
stories often reflect the ideals, and the alternative ideals, of this time. While he has written numerous stories this particular ...
right in their eyes for one who has died. They paint his face, sprinkle corn meal and pollen, and thus give him a very fitting wra...
to salvage their relationship. When a scratch on his leg goes untreated with iodine, it becomes gangrenous, and as he lay dying, ...
inner most desire is that God would "notice and...talk to him also" as he did to men in the Old Testament (55). Bentley comes to s...
significant loss. Examining the examples of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher,...
Many factual elements of Schmids horrendous crimes and his persona impregnate Oates short story. Schmid is described in the "Life...
Understandably, such an action might be interpreted as a willingness on her part but in reality this action, even though Arnold ne...
The obvious conclusion that many students come to when considering this encounter was that Connie in effect encouraged Arnolds pur...
controlling people, usually against their will and in such a way that escape is impossible without tragedy. We see this, for ...
hearers quaked. An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe" (Hawthorne). They shuddered and were simply fearful of this man who...
telephone wire holding her to her duty like a leash. The next time she must telephone, or wait to be telephoned, nailed her to her...
has returned home for a visit with his mother and to reintroduce her to his lover, Wayne, who joins him at his childhood home. Nei...
nothing of pleasantry or peace. The windows seem as though they are "vacant," and "eye-like" and the narrator continues in this ...
This paper examines the issue of gender in Le Guin's short story, Sur. The author discusses gender roles, symbolism, and thematic...
the skill they once had, but rather their passion for that subject matter. For example, an opera singer such as Leoni may well hav...
in this short story depict them simply in neutral roles. Some of the female depictions in this story, however, at least hint at t...
OConnors characterization of Joy/Hulga carefully builds up an image of a woman who has been very badly scarred by life, both physi...
by the narrator was a man that the narrator actually claims to have loved, but yet the narrator is bothered by their eye, an eye t...
for him, lift his spirits, and perhaps bring him a bit of distraction and joy as he descends. This narrator is very powerful and...
country seems to be in a perpetual state of war with its neighbors, and on the fact that this eternal war has become the norm. Th...
trouble getting through the fences. Frank and Kenny could have helped him; they could have lifted up on the top wire and stepped o...
Johnson muses about the past and, in so doing, tells the reader a great deal about both herself and her daughters. Mrs. Johnson ...
Mothers and daughters are perhaps, first and foremost, women. And, as women they are often stuck in many social categories as well...
(Stam 54). While these terms seem extreme, they convey the disappointment of the critic, or the general viewer, towards a film tha...
by her husband and left to raise four small children alone. In order to do so she had to work, so she had to find people to take c...
takes on the persona of Samantha, and Samantha eagerly takes on the persona of Amanda because they seem to be the same. There ar...
with that in mind it becomes obvious that religion is such an important part of this story that one cannot ignore it. In first l...