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one of the oldest and proudest in Louisiana" (Chopin 148). Chopin also establishes that he was born in France and that his mother ...

it out, a four hour task, earlier that day and the relief it brought had been so immense he had treated himself to a slice of rye ...

always been in Raleighs room, presumably, but he had never noticed it, hidden as it was behind a chest of drawers, until he was te...

52). Close examination of "Story of an Hour" reveals the manner of Louise Mallards death, i.e., murder, and also the message that ...

life would be long with sunny days and happiness. This reluctant joy at a husbands death could be considered even more of...

still hurt, and it didnt help that every time I volunteered at the temple afterwards, I had to see that portrait of him looking ba...

The short story is Sister Flowers. This essay describes highlights in the story. There is one souorce listed in the bibliography o...

because of her pride seldom uttered a complaint. Like most Filipino girls, she married and became a housewife. Her husband (my L...

formal education or technical training, women would be hired. The obvious vocational choices were extensions of their housekeepin...

works called The Mourning Bride which was created in 1697 contains the following well known line: "Heavn has no Rage, like Love to...

the world. Their identities were constantly negated and they were devalued for nearly everything which they were. Contra...

Chicago are? Who knows?" Yet, there are evocative images that conjure images of the people that live there -- workers with big sho...

relatives. It was the 1930s and change was in the air socially, politically, and internationally. Where they lived in Brooklyn Sko...

In seven pages this paper discusses how Tennessee Williams' own life and family pain was reflected in the drama The Glass Menageri...

This essay contrasts and compares J.D. Salinger's coming of age novel Catcher in the Rye with Harper Lee's account of a Southern c...

see the truth, that is, that the Talas supposed conversion to Christianity is a delusion. A principal focus of Drumonts evangeli...

along the details of a high-profile news story that illustrates the person has discovered something he did not previously know. T...

how Over three thousand die in the Macondo massacre, and the only surviving witnesses are Jose Arcadio Segundo and a small child. ...

no one save an old manservant -- a combined gardener and cook -- had seen in at least ten years" (Faulkner). To the outside wor...

also clear that he has suffered at the hands of the townspeople. Mostly, Hightower wants to be left alone and suffer in his emotio...

of comedic elements. As Addie Bundren lays dying her son Cash is busy building her coffin. This is, in many ways, a very powerf...

In seven pages this paper examines how women are depicted as stereotypes in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dy...

whats wrong, one character yells, "HES SLOW!" But Ned knows a secret: the horse will run through almost anything for a sardine! He...

What is particularly interesting about these observations as they relate to such works as Carson McCullers A Member of the Wedding...

and even tells her grandfather that "I never dreamed [your beard] was a birds nest" (Welty, 47). Stella-Rondo had accused Sister o...

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. While vastly different in tone, each author addresses the fact that slavery and the le...

In a paper consisting of seven and a half pages the ways in which the transition from Old to New South are conveyed by William Fau...

In 6 pages this paper discusses human and cosmic justice within the context of this novel by William Faulkner and also considers h...

he recognizes the inconsistencies between the social representation of men and women, and is bold enough to comment upon them. Th...

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...