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Edgar Allan Poe's 'Fall of the House of Usher,' Art and Literature

walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to w...

Flannery O'Connor and Comedy

in complete truthfulness, "a man" (OConnor, 1972, p. 255). When the pair become hopelessly lost in Atlanta, they find themselv...

'The Black Cat' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

live. "In this theory, Madeline and Roderick (who are twins) represent the unconscious and the conscious, and when Roderick denies...

'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor Compared

The rural citizens depicted in the story are average, everyday people who indulge in senseless human sacrifice that they never que...

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and the Roles of Tradition and Myth

taught, by her father, those attitudes that provide them the social status they were born into, a class common to the traditional ...

Gothic Fascination of Edgar Allan Poe

all his days. This appears to be true as Montressor is compulsively confessing his evil fifty years later. Other critics agree t...

'Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka and Symbolism

way that he feels about himself is not overly shocking to Gregor. His determination to make his train, the fact that he would even...

Alberto Rios' 'The Secret Lion'

Western States Book Award for Fiction and the Walt Whitman Award (The Iguana Killer [Review]). Interestingly enough, Rios spoke Sp...

Character Analysis of the Narrator in 'Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

types of decaying vegetation. The vegetation even permeates the external nooks and crannies of the house itself in the form of a ...

Edgar Allan Poe's 'Fall of the House of Usher'

of food, loud noises upset him, strong scents, such as from flowers disturbed him. In every sense of the word, he was neurotic. Us...

Stephen Crane's Open Boat and Naturalism

white, and all of the men knew the colors of the sea. The horizon narrowed and widened, and dipped and rose, and at all times its ...

Comparing 'Two Kinds' with 'Bartleby'

ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...

Background and the Stories of William Faulkner

to Murry and Maud Butler Falkner, an "old south" family that remembered the Civil War - the familys patriarch, William Clark Falkn...

Social Patriarchy in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Kate Chopin's 'Story of an Hour'

says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...

Comparing Kate Chopin Tales 'The Story of an Hour' and 'Desiree's Baby'

felt a sense of liberation she had never known before. She could support herself and write about the subjects she felt passionate...

'A Clean, Well Lighted Place' and 'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway

two share. They are obviously not really enjoying this moment, or life, for some reason. And, the reason is never clearly spelled ...

'The Cask of Amontillado' and 'The Tell Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe

like Poe: "TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad?" (Poe NA). The narr...

'A View of the Woods' by Flannery O'Connor

fundamentally selfish and mean-spirited. In fact, OConnor repeatedly demonstrates to the reader how similar Fortune and his grandd...

'A Family Supper' by Kazuo Ishiguro

equivalent of playing Russian roulette, was popular in Japan, but his mother always refused to eat fugu, but decided to do so rath...

'An Ounce of Cure' by Alice Munro

about alcohol. The narrator describes that -- if her parents ever drank alcoholic beverages -- it was outside their home (Munro 43...

Imagery and Plot Structure of 'Araby' by James Joyce

of the boys life are not filled in , the reader is left to surmise the basic facts from what he says. For example, the boy mention...

Comparative Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Black Cat' and 'The Tell Tale Heart'

reality in Poes work. And, the fact that it comes back to haunt the characters in the story further emphasizes the power of this "...

African Literature's Oral Culture and Tradition

In five pages this paper examines the oral cultural traditions of Africa in a short story analysis of 'Talk' recounted by Courland...

Spirituality in 'The Birthmark' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages the spiritual laboratory assistant Animadab is compared with the nonspiritual Aylmer as depicted in this short story...

Symbolism in 'The Birthmark' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper examines the significance of symbolism in this famous short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. There are no o...

Symbolism in 'The Minister's Black Veil' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper examines how this short story features the author's powerful use of symbolism. Five sources are cited in...

Religious Images in 'My Kinsman, Major Molineux' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper examines how an individual's social conflict is demonstrated through the use of religious imagery in this...

Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne and a Literary Analysis of His Works

In five pages this paper presents a biographical profile of the author and also provides a brief analysis of his popular literary ...

Life and Writings of Isaac Bashevis Singer

In nine pages this paper discusses Yiddish American writer Isaac Bashevis Singer's life and writings including 'The Lecture' and '...

Feminist Perspectives on The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In fifteen pages this paper considers how women were treated in this famous novel as well as their portrayal in the short stories ...