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became increasingly diffident towards him" (Ramirez 79). Yet, when the manager asked the narrator what Francoise was saying, he wo...

"the trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled"(OConnor). This would seem to symbolize the wildern...

Edgar Allan Poe. According to Dr. Carl Goldberg, "In creating these tortured souls from the crucible of his own difficult life, P...

and the house that she purchased with sweat and labor. However, Delia makes it clear that she will not be driven out. She tells hi...

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 ...

the glory when the farming goes well. Of course, this bitterness is something felt by most housewives of an earlier generation and...

or perhaps the ability to appreciate the verse even if they do not recognize the poet. His insecurity also shows in that this judg...

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...

nothing of pleasantry or peace. The windows seem as though they are "vacant," and "eye-like" and the narrator continues in this ...

the skill they once had, but rather their passion for that subject matter. For example, an opera singer such as Leoni may well hav...

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...

brother and sister, were split, with Edgar being taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Poe Chronology). His sister,...

the weight,/ the weight we carry/ is love" (Ginsberg 1-9). In this poem we do not necessarily see love as an uplifting real...

traveled into the wilderness in order to achieve moral clarity. Hawthornes title character journeys into a forest near his home, ...

of death, while the Mourning Dove reminds one of the mourners at ones funeral. This also sets the tone for the frame of mind that ...

living with Emily, which is certainly not proper but the town accepts this because there is sympathy for Emily who is a sad and lo...

Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...

his poor little puppet-like body" to be rather pathetic and ridiculous. Nevertheless, he is intrigued and he becomes "wildly anxio...

it was: "Well be fine afterward. Just like we were before" (Hemingway NA). She wants to know how he is so sure and he replies that...

his insistence that he does not love her, is accounted for by the delirium which is affecting his mental faculties. However, the g...

Lighthouse, there is a subtle form of cruelty that thrusts the female protagonist into society as the woman is expected to act lik...

In eight pages these three short stories are considered in terms of summary and analysis of themes. Ten sources are cited in the ...

era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...

In five pages this paper analyzes the short story by Stephen King in terms of character, setting, theme, and point of view. There...

distance, an unclear picture is present. It is this vision of the mistress that the narrator begins to imagine must be of some fan...

criminal is so small, few would talk about it. Another way to look at the situation is that the author hones in on one story in ...

of food, loud noises upset him, strong scents, such as from flowers disturbed him. In every sense of the word, he was neurotic. Us...

her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at three short stories including "The Cranes", "Carnal Knowledge", and "The Necklace"....