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An Analysis of Henry James' Story, The Real Thing

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

John Keats and Ernest Hemingway

desperation or dismay of the narrator whereas Hemingways story leaves us to infer the desperation, but the ending is very similar....

Flannery O'Connor's 'Revelation' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'

clothed. Later, the family takes a detour onto a country road in order for the grandmother to show them a "old plantation" that sh...

'The Lady with the Dog' by Anton Chekhov

he recognizes this. They are a challenge and women have always been drawn to him. But, with this one woman he begins to become far...

'The Lady with the Pet Dog' by Joyce Carol Oates

and inwardly becomes free, realizing that what they have done is not wrong, but natural, and that she is truly, in her heart and s...

Beth Lordan's 'The Man with the Lap Dog'

are the American couple and they are simply trying to get in an adventure before Mark dies. They have always wanted to see Ireland...

'Telephone Call' by Alifa Rifaat

In four pages this short story from Distant View of a Minaret is analyzed in terms of the call's symbolism. There is 1 source cit...

An Analysis of Two Short Stories from A Bird in the House

The focus of this five page paper is the storyline of two specific short stories in The Bird in the House. The writer compares an...

Comparative Literary Analysis of William Faulkner's Modernism and Toni Morrison's Postmodernism

(without excluding the importance of the past), where everything is not spelled out neatly for the reader. The reader must interp...

Life's Meaning in 'Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

In eight pages this paper analyzes Tolstoy's protagonist and considers how this short story explores the value and meaning of life...

'On the Road' by Langston Hughes

In one page the character of Sergeant featured in 'On the Road,' a short story by Langston Hughes, is analyzed. There is no bibli...

An Analysis of The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara

This 3 page paper analyzes Toni Cade Bambara's short story The Lesson, which deals with a group of young children learning first h...

'A Doll's House' by Katherine Mansfield

In seven pages this short story is analyzed in terms of primary themes, plot, and characterization. There are no other sources li...

Identity and Trust Problems in 'Gorilla My Love' by Toni Cade Bambara

This short story by Toni Cade Bambara is examined in an analysis of identity and trust issues in a paper consisting of five pages....

Analysis of Two D.H. Lawrence Characters

The characters of Mabel and Elizabeth that were featured in one of D.H. Lawrence's short stories are analyzed in four pages. Ther...

Analysis of 'The Open Boat' by Stephen Crane

In three pages a short story analysis of 'The Open Boat' is presented. There are no other sources listed....

Pam Houston's Cowboys Are My Weakness

In five pages this paper examines how men and relationships are portrayed in this short stories' collection by Pam Houston. One s...

Freudian Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories

the beginning. He states, "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was...

Flannery O'Connor's 'Everything That Rises Must Converge' and Themes of Class and Money

standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint ...

Toni Cade Bambara's 'The Lesson,' Flannery O'Connor's 'Good Country People' and Blissful Ignorance

own enlightenment. Joy/Hulga has actively chosen to be pessimistic about life and about people. She is bitter and angry, which ...

'If You Touched My Heart' by Isabel Allende

human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...

'Soldier's Home' by Ernest Hemingway and Harold Krebs

some of the local women, but he does not follow through on this desires because - above all else - he wishes to avoid consequences...

Moral Complacency and the Short Stories of Tadeusz Borowski

In five pages this paper analyzes This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen in a consideration of moral complacency in the short ...

Raymond Carver's 'So Much Water So Close to Home'

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of setting and character development. There is no bibliography included....

An Analysis of Katherine Mansfield's 'Miss Brill'

this day, of course, will differ from all others. What makes this a significant day in Miss Brills life is that she is about to be...

'Shiloh' by Bobbie Ann Mason

In four pages the short story's conflicts are examined in terms of their character implications. There are no other sources liste...

Analysis of 'Why I Live at the P.O.' by Eudora Welty

In five pages this research paper analyzes Welty's popular short story with the emphasis upon family eccentricities and the post m...

Lengel's Perspective Applied to 'A and P' by John Updike

In four pages this paper analyzes the inner struggles of Lengel by adopting his perspective in an examination of John Updike's sho...

Plague Theme in 'The Masque of the Red Death' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages Poe's short story is subjected to a psychological analysis that contends Poe related the many deaths that surrounded...

Edgar Allan Poe Interpretations

In seven pages interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death' short story are presented by a comparative analy...