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Joyce Carol Oates intertwines the element of tragedy in The Crying Baby, The Passion of Rydcie Mather and Where areYou Going? Whe...
unnamed narrator in this short story. First of all, Oates employs a postmodernist structure in order to convey this girls story,...
isolated as a result. In many ways, it is the men...
his deceptiveness, and the danger the ensuing adventure holds for her become more understandable when Friend is viewed as the mani...
In five pages this paper presents an original short story romance which is followed by an explanation of the narrative form used....
In seven pages this short story which features a woman's fight to freely live her life despite several mental impairment is presen...
This paper explores various elements of the short story, including character and story development. This seven page paper has no ...
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...
for an hour, thinking about her past, her relationship, and her future. As she ponders she begins to really experience a sense of ...
that reveals to the reader a great deal about the characters involved. Pelagea is deeply in love with her husband, Yegor Anton Che...
yo like. Ill be home tonight." The screen door made a little snick as it swung closed, and she was alone. She pulled the gown back...
In five pages this paper is analyzed in terms of characters and the female characters' role, symbolic elements, and themes such as...
In six pages this short story is analyzed in terms of male bonding and how the relationship between the men changes throughout the...
Short story success is based on a variety of factors, and this paper examines those elements. For example, the use of surprise an...
pin curlers even looked around after pushing their carts past to make sure what they had seen was correct" (Updike, 1274). The st...
our traditional notions regarding love and romance. She doesnt want any one "box" to define love or sex. The lesbian with a man ...
(Cather 68). It became readily apparent that these local men were there more out of a sense of civic duty than out of any love fo...
his physician father to perform a Caesarean on a pregnant squaw. Dr. Adams describes the serious medical situation in clinical, m...
her emotions to get the better of her. But, then again, if one looks back in history, at the time this story was written, that hea...
This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...
attracts someone she doesnt anticipate -- an considerably older man named Arnold Friend. Vaguely sinister from the beginning, Arno...
appearance, her style, and her young sexuality. She plays with it in a very dangerous manner that she is completely unaware of for...
Been? Oates makes an ordinary tale extraordinary by juxtaposing two powerful legends: the modern rock hero (the story is dedicated...
Understandably, such an action might be interpreted as a willingness on her part but in reality this action, even though Arnold ne...
as "a fantastic figure: he is Death, he is the elf-Knight of the ballads, he is the imagination, he is a Dream" (Easterly 543). As...
than relating the events of a shopping trip. "Shopping is really the story of a mothers (Mrs. Dietrichs) relationship with her t...
house, the meals, and my life. Fiona never seemed to bother much with my brothers but she seemed to take a particular interest in...
we have no sense of frustration or unrequited longing in terms of his aspirations....
an accident with a drunk man. It is the drunks fault that the cars collided but the drunk man is belligerent and begins to hit Dic...
of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms. She was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber; as white as the couch...