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could "be a devilish Indian behind every tree" or that the devil may even be in the woods (Hawthorne). As one can see, the nature ...

hands of male heads of families and households. Women are disenfranchised" (Kosenko 27). It is the men who are essentially in cha...

to pay her for her sexual favors. They are, however, friends it seems. He tells her, "Stephanie, its very simple. I have a lot of ...

her mothers influence, she will debase herself and all the people she is involved with, and even those wives who she does not know...

the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). But beyond this bitterness, ...

Each story is quite solidly set in their culture. In Hawthornes the narrator states, "Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset int...

In the examination of the house she realizes that "during all those years she had never found out the name of the priest whose yel...

against Mrs. Hutchinson, and they only wanted to get through quickly so they could go home for lunch" (The Lottery: Shirley Jackso...

path reaches a dead end a new one begins. By choosing a poor elderly African-American woman as her tales protagonist, Welty is ab...

as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...

In one such commentary, "Managing political dissent," she offers up a look at Singapore from many perspectives. In this essay one ...

his mother. Prior to the war, Hemingway lets the reader know that Krebs was in tune with small town life. He attended a Methodist ...

such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled sil...

otherworldly and immovable. She is not a fully functioning human being. Louise Mallard is also damaged, but her weakness is physi...

until he is drunk so the main character gets drunk, passes out and then is told that Zaabalawi was there with him all night. This ...

Iin four pages this combination research paper and essay discusses the critical thematic interpretation of this famous short story...

the thesis. OConnor, Flannery. "Greenleaf" in Everything that Rises Must Converge. HarperCollins Canada, 1956, p. 24-53. As a ...

a surprise! She ... knew. Of course, you always hope for the best. She heard but she didnt hear" (Jones 166). There are several ...

after all, they are completely covered, even if they are pushing the limits The second ironical situation is Sammys resignation. ...

subtle and strong ways. It is something that connects the two, and means something to the two of them. It is a material object, an...

a coveted prize! However, the prize is anything but coveted. The Lottery begins in a simple community, a little town that ...

but will not be arriving soon. The wife, existing in a space with her children, is happy for this news for she and her children ar...

a man they dislike, saw it and pulled it so that they would not be exposed with the rest (Twain, 2006). The entire town is convuls...

expression. He had no desire to become an actor, any more than he had to become a musician. He felt no necessity to do any of thes...

yet, continued Gabriel, his voice falling into a softer inflection, there are always in gathering such as this sadder thoughts tha...

a garden. Without end or limit, without borders and fences, in noises and rustling, golden in the sun, pale green in the shade, a...

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...

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

are pure creatures and seeing them run or even trot, or perhaps even exist, makes this young man incredibly happy and content. The...