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of the situation inside the house. He relates that "Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-wor...

inability to understand the calls in the dead of night are paralleled with the frustration they feel at not getting any informatio...

a strong and masculine man, though perhaps not too intelligent, or so Ichabod thinks. One night at a party people are telling s...

attention of the white community and gets him an invitation to deliver the speech at a gathering of the towns leading white citize...

happened, or what may have happened, to this young girl, and finds herself examining her own life as a result. Without even und...

the other until, in the end, exhaustion overcomes it. We see this not only in Maggie herself, but in Skipper and Brick, and the in...

turn something seemingly worthless into a treasure. A quilt being symbolically assembled throughout the story reflects how societ...

reality in Poes work. And, the fact that it comes back to haunt the characters in the story further emphasizes the power of this "...

In a paper consisting of five pages this short story is considered in terms of its message, style, symbolism, and power struggle c...

In five pages this paper discusses how Poe expertly employed satire in a mocking of romantic conventions in 'The Spectacles' short...

In six pages these two short stories are compared and contrasted in terms of girls' roles in each tale. There are no other sources...

In seven pages Poe's works are analyzed within the context of his short stories 'The Tell Tale Heart' and 'The Fall of the House o...

extensively from both the perspective of the unsighted as one who fails to see the beauty of the world around him to the sightless...

The feminist rewriting of fairytales as reflected in this short story by Angela Carter is considered in a paper consisting of five...

is assumed that the narrator is offering a truthful representation, but the readers are expected to often "read between the lines"...

determine the dramatic strengths and weaknesses of one version compared to another. The movie This is a "coming of age" story and...

In five pages this undestated bookkeeper character is analyzed in terms of his importance to Carver's short story. Five sources a...

Iin a paper consisting of six pages this essay discusses the short story in terms of how it reflects the author's own life. There...

In five pages this paper examines how short stories depict love in terms of similarities and differences found in Susan Minot's 'L...

In five pages this essay discusses the supernatural and psychological narratives that are featured in Poe's short story 'The Black...

do with her own ambitions and determination to be acknowledged as a meaningful writer than it has to do with her ability to write ...

This paper consists of six pages and analyzes the symbolism that appears throughout each short story. Two sources are cited in th...

and fascinates her. The wallpaper is described as having "sprawling flamboyant patterns" that commit "every artistic sin" (13) co...

Princess. Brenda is both wealthy and domineering. Certainly one sees the two as inextricable. However, if Brenda were a poor Jew, ...

new life are fearful of such change, choosing to live the life they are accustomed to instead. Eveline is a woman who has dreams a...

In five pages this paper discusses human nature and the conflict that exists between social expectations and human needs within th...

In six pages this paper discusses the symbolism of the cask that appears throughout Edgar Allan Poe's compelling short story. Eig...

In five pages this paper discusses Edgar Allan Poe's writing style in this analysis of his 'The Tell Tale Heart' short story. The...

in the story where a judgment is made concerning the validity of revenge. The argument is made that a killing will not restore ...

equivalent of playing Russian roulette, was popular in Japan, but his mother always refused to eat fugu, but decided to do so rath...