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Essays 1921 - 1950
son, Hally, who is young and in desperate need of both attention and guidance. In this regard, Sam plays the role of a surrogate ...
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...
son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...
conservative who is on a regular CNN television show debating issues with liberal commentator Evan Turner. As Ted is on the escala...
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...
talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...
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...
now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...
to my mind)--perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am sick!" (Gilman). Because her...
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...
an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...
tale was reduced to feeding pigs in order to survive. Augustine writes, "Where then, wast thou and how far from me? Far, indeed, w...
spelling of swor (to swoor) and the change from "hire" to "hir." In addition, though of the usable participle "to" clarifies the ...
as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...
tells the reader that whatever happened to the occupants occurred recently, as obviously the house still has electricity. The per...
An eight page paper looking at the issue of separation in Toni Morrison's modern classic. The paper points out that there are real...
The way in which protagonists in these respective short stories discover they are different than what their parents want them to b...
These ribald stories featured in The Canterbury Tales and the class conflicts they represent are discussed in this paper consistin...
In 3 pages theme, tone, and symbolism are analyzed within the context of Katherine Mansfield's short story 'Miss Brill.' There ar...
In 5 pages this paper compares these stories in terms of the internal struggles of each protagonist. There are no other sources l...
In five pages Joyce's short story is examined within the context of these 3 themes with imagination and memories retaining the gre...
In a paper consisting of five pages the writer argues that the purpose of XXIV is to provide the story with both a summary as well...
In five pages a Third World nation two story home is discussed in terms of its attributes and how it can encourage housing standar...
In five pages Hemingway's short story is discussed in terms of how it reflects dysfunction of family relationships. Seven sources...
This paper applies Samuel Johnson's contention that 'representations of general nature' should be featured in good stories in a co...
In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of women's desires and their positioning in the aristocratic patriarchy of Pue...
connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...