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he decides to proceed anyway. Clearly, the dark, cold, unforgiving surroundings that encapsulate the guest as his driver leaves h...
survivor of a slave ship, which crossed the water. With this crossing of the water, vast numbers of people had their way of life c...
and singing ancient songs and lose myself in that moment when all the breaths and all the heartbeats become one. What I want is ju...
theme. Without the skill of Munro, the themes might be buried with just a scant plot controlling the movement of the characters. Y...
so clearly it is evident why the Indian people placed such importance on caste and took the entire system so seriously....
it right in front of him. However, in The Birthmark we are also introduced to the character of Aminidad, who...
BODY "I Stand Here Ironing" relates the several facts which are pertinent...
with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...
Introduction The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story filled with many images and many forms of symbolism. It is a ri...
is a classic "quest" tale; the description of a mans journey through a strange new world, in this case, Detroit, Michigan. This pa...
the circumstances surrounding their creation and the manifest events of the plot differ quite dramatically. For instance, one migh...
the most frightening short stories ever written. Jackson begins with a description of a gorgeous summer day and subtly weaves a we...
the experiences their protagonists have growing up as young, ethnic women in America. However, the relationship between the fictio...
- into a "setting conducive to unrest and fears" (Fisher 75). The narrator reveals that his grief over his wife Ligeias death pro...
ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...
wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...
and the bright blue squills. I walk down the patterned garden-paths In my stiff, brocaded gown. With my powdered hair and jewelled...
the four most important symbols are the characters names, especially the women; the green light on Daisys dock, the so-called "val...
had been older, he would have wondered why his father, would have witnessed the "waste and extravagance of war" and who "burned ev...
power. I willed my keepsakes, signed away What portion of me I Could make assignable,-and then There interposed a fly, With blue...
and dedication to his single goal, he was able to afford two of them; Old Dan (the "brawn" of the duo) and Little Ann (the "brains...
young men. One of the great ironies of the play is that Willy has sold the boys a perverted version of the American Dream. He has ...
to kiss her, but naturally, Proudlock was convicted of murder (PG). She received a death sentence but the the European community ...
In five pages this paper examines how the Green Knight is symbolically portrayed as strong, noble, and just. There are no other s...
the late nineteenth century (the same time the story was written). This setting is of vital importance because at that time, weal...
great deal of information about the Birlings, even before they speak. It is a family dinner, but the setting is extremely formal a...
legal husband was not even in the country. She will not reveal the childs fathers name, however, out of sincere love for the man w...
were signified by it" (1323). He then goes into great narrative detail to describe the letter to emphasize its significance: "The...
saved by a friend and turned to writing which greatly changed her entire perspective, giving her "some measure of power" (Gilman [...
she imagines that she is able to rub "the life back into the dim little eyes" (Mansfield 176). On one level, Miss Brill realizes t...