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Therefore, Aylmer is destined to live a life of unhappiness, based not upon any inherently horrible thing about his life, but base...

this keeps them interested even more, thus providing us with the dual nature of formal religion as it teaches one thing but does a...

seen in literature of her time, but clearly something that existed in the real world. She was fortunate to have married a man w...

Sebastian for the arrows to begin piercing him" (OConnor). We see the hat that she is so proud of an he, in his impatience, "Put i...

suggests that it belongs to Rachel, the teacher, Mrs. Price pounces on this piece of knowledge and insists that Rachel accept the ...

with Sykes tormenting her with a whip that mistakes for a snake. This image carries with it the historical weight of slavery, as...

it looks like a Holstein calf, and she is waggin her finger at me and sayin, "Child, you got to grab hold of the things you want i...

about it in the morning paper on the subway on his way to work. Sonny "had been picked up, the evening before, in a raid on an apa...

fantasy), horror has generated the most serious study. Fright master Stephen King credits this to the acclaimed literary trilogy...

It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...

it was: "Well be fine afterward. Just like we were before" (Hemingway NA). She wants to know how he is so sure and he replies that...

first of the story, show a young man, still engrossed with pigeon holing everyone he meets. They either are good or they are bad. ...

when they enter it. Fortunato has a bad cough and so, on their way to the wine cellar, Montressor keeps giving Fortunato more wine...

a new life, and emphasizes how people, when tested by circumstances can overcome adversity along their path toward self-respect. ...

the money she had borrowed to buy her friend a necklace that she lost.....All of her work was really for nothing" (Cortez ss1.html...

even though her sister will not appreciate them in a real way as Maggie will. Maggie is one of those people who is easily used and...

back to the past, as the young man obsesses over his mother and his search for identity. And, "Although the narrator begins by den...

he tells her that he never loved her when she asks: Dont you love me?" to which he replies "No...I dont think so. I never have" (H...

his insistence that he does not love her, is accounted for by the delirium which is affecting his mental faculties. However, the g...

he urges Faith to deny the Devil and look to Heaven, he suddenly finds himself alone in the forest. Although Brown has escaped the...

small town life where everything is simple and seemingly perfect and content. But, in reality they are nothing more than a symboli...

In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...

to have a baby. They tried as often as Mrs. Elliot could stand it. They tried in Boston after they were married and they tried c...

third person (not a character in the story)" (Peterson elements.html). From this basic understanding of the element of point of...

deed, he nevertheless is overcome by his guilt which seems to lead him to insanity. He begins the story however by not denying his...

that were written prior to 1980 will be compared with three from the later time period. Elizabeth Janeway published a critique o...

like Poes "The Casks of Amontillado," Joyces "The Dead" contains many "Gothic themes and motifs" (1). For one thing, the time of t...

real motivation or interest. Therefore, to have his body match the way that he has felt about himself for a long time does not gre...

actions related to their sense of community. A small agricultural community generally lives on the edge of survival. What holds t...

dog, and then headed for the door. She waddled. Her granddaughter who she rarely sees, Allison, laughs and calls her a duck. Veron...