YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Short Story Analysis of Two Kinds by Amy Tan
Essays 901 - 930
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...
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...
a well-to-do family. They were quickly blessed with a baby boy, and all seemed well with the family until Madame Valmonde reacted...
complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...
persona, observing early in the narrative, "He was very reluctant to take precedence of so many respected members of the family, b...
of revelation. Each of these stories begins with opening cryptic epigraphs that lay the ominous thematic groundwork. In "MS Foun...
asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...
are pure creatures and seeing them run or even trot, or perhaps even exist, makes this young man incredibly happy and content. The...
man who is old, perhaps given up on life, and essentially a man who spends his days watching television and checking the mail. Wit...
letting the weight move along to her toes as if she was testing the floor with every step, putting a little deliberate extra actio...
protagonist finds his fathers rejection of him to be too much to bear and continue living. Kafka begins "The Judgment" by pictu...
a garden. Without end or limit, without borders and fences, in noises and rustling, golden in the sun, pale green in the shade, a...
grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...
banks of a "black and lurid tarn" (Poe Usher). As the narrator in both stories is fully aware of who he is, he never bothers to in...
Stone Face, Ernest, a small boy growing up in the village learns of a prophecy concerning one who will live among them and will be...
the line, asking if he can remain there till the storm passes. "He expressed an intention to remain outside, but it was soon ap...
features suggest, Miss Moore, first of all, does not try to change her appearance to meet white standards, hence, her hair is "nap...
his own parent/child relationship. Not coincidentally, Frankenstein labors "for nine months... to complete his experiment" (Riche...
talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...
him to the hospital. After a short while on the road they stop for coffee, then later, they stop for pancakes. All the while their...
In a research study on the factors which lead to acts of revenge, University of Arkansas psychologists tested a number of voluntee...
to be dealing with the religious beliefs that he held and those he was questioning at the time. When Young Goodman Brown...
When Pelayo discovers an old man sporting wings in a sandy marsh and summons his wife Elisenda to take a look to assure he is not ...
her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
limited means to make a living. The fires he sets may be construed as the rage that burns inside of him. This arsonist is continua...
an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...
Been? Oates makes an ordinary tale extraordinary by juxtaposing two powerful legends: the modern rock hero (the story is dedicated...