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a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldnt answer to my conscience if I did" (OConnor). II. HULGA & THE MISFIT: RELIGIOUS FAIT...

other hand, proposes that time is circular and events are cyclical. The old mystic who dreams is dreaming specifically to create...

the city contrasts with his depiction of the boys at play, trying gamely to be frolicsome and experience the joy of childhood agai...

and pure joy was leaping in her being and she was perhaps experiencing a very subtle and simple joy at life itself, something that...

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...

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...

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...

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...

stories often reflect the ideals, and the alternative ideals, of this time. While he has written numerous stories this particular ...

in luck. The boy associates luck with money because his house seems to speak constantly of needing more money. He tells his mother...

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

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...

in any real noble cause, he quickly succumbs to the realities that surround him, the bullets and the danger. This man has taken i...

of revelation. Each of these stories begins with opening cryptic epigraphs that lay the ominous thematic groundwork. In "MS Foun...

thinking about making a living. But a predominantly capitalist economy meant that all goods and services, including works of art,...

a part of the childhood experience. But then, a girl referred to only as Mangans sister (obviously the sister of one of his frien...

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...

keep from feeling frightened. The residents are startled, no doubt, and even perhaps afraid, but they dont react appropriately to...

written. As the two essays continue they build in their complexity where language is concerned. Tan states, "a speech filled with...

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...

to justify the decision we make that we are uncomfortable with. This is also seen with the consideration of walking up to the elep...