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The Father of the Short Story, Walter Scott

be left with a limp as a reminder of his close call, however. However, because of this illness, he would often be sent to live ...

Period Representation of Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

In five pages this paper reveals how Ivanhoe actually represents the time period in which it was written. There are 3 sources cit...

Analysis of Old Mortality by Sir Walter Scott

In five pages this early 19th century historical fiction novel is analyzed in terms of the freedom struggles of the Covenanters ...

Analysis of Waverley by Sir Walter Scott

written as hardly to be distinguished from memoirs... The splendid pages of Froissart, with his heart-stirring and eye-dazzling de...

Concepts of Good and Evil in Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

source in Ivanhoe, helping the reader to immediately understand the direction Scott is heading with his opposing forces. Th...

19th Century Romanticism in Rob Roy by Walter Scott

is presented by the protagonist Frank Osbaldistone as the quintessential romantic hero, in a series of narrative letters to his fr...

Walter Scott's Ivanhoe and Chivalry

in his disguise as the Black Knight, praises Locksley/Robin Hood, as he says that a man who "does good, having the unlimited power...

Short Fiction Characterization

humanity. The action is the medium by which the man learns, but it is the learning that makes the story fundamentally interesting....

Men in 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

In six pages this short story is analyzed in terms of male bonding and how the relationship between the men changes throughout the...

Switching Partners

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...

Father's Role and Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the author's feelings concerning a father's role by blurring the past and the present in thi...

'My Father's Life' by Raymond Carver

In five pages this report analyzes 'My Father's Life,' a short story by Raymond Carver. Two sources are cited in the bibliography...

Reading as a Form of Resistance

imagine a more severe disparity of power than the one that exists in present-day Iran since its revolution and the institution of ...

Vo Phien: "The Key"

ship dropped anchor "at 3 a.m. July 5, 1975" and passengers began to disembark (Phien). The first thing that greeted them was a ho...

Division Essay: Desiree’s Baby by Chopin

white masters raped their black female slaves and as such many of those females gave birth to interracial children who were slaves...

'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' by Ursula LeGuin

know the child is there, because each of them is taken to see it when they are quite young, perhaps 8-12 years of age. They cannot...

Edith Wharton’s Roman Fever

about, but as the tension rises, a perspective that is discussed in the section on tone within the story, the reader senses that t...

Louise Erdrich: ”Fleur"

amount of money (Erdrich). Fleur won, and refused to play any longer; in retaliation, the men got drunk and raped her; that same n...

'The Lady with the Pet Dog' by Anton Chekhov

his otherwise dull life. When we meet the woman with the dog we begin to see that she is young and innocent and lonely. She als...

Saving Face: An Analysis of George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”

which he attended from 1917-1921 (Merriman). In 1922, Blair went to Burma, apparently following his fathers inspiration, and join...

War by Luigi Pirandello

potential, or realistic, loss of children during the war. War has always taken children from the parents and this is simply a very...

An Analysis of The Necklace

A 5 analysis of the short story by Guy de Maupassant. 7 sources,...

Katherine Anne Porter's 'The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall'

her mother does not always know the time of day. "He just left five minutes ago"; "That was this morning, Mother. Its night now" ...

'The Country Husband' by John Cheever

In five pages this short story is reviewed. There are no other sources cited....

Nine Short Stories of J.D. Salinger

In five pages the differences and similarities that exist within Salinger's Nine Short Stories are discussed....

'The Egg' by Sherwood Anderson

In five pages this essay discusses this amusing short story by Sherwood Anderson....

'A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain' by Robert Olen Butler

In five pages this paper analyzes the structure of Butler's short story....

Fictional Short Story 'Into Her House, With Flowers'

In seven pages this short story which features a woman's fight to freely live her life despite several mental impairment is presen...

The Language and the Quilt in 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

In seven pages the use of language and the symbolism of the quilt are examined within the context of Walker's short story....

Comparing 2 Short Stories by Franz Kafka

In nine pages Kafka's 1913 short story 'The Judgment' is compared with his classic 1915 work 'The Metamorphosis.'...