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in Vietnam. As the war fades further into the past, its important that authors like OBrien continue to remind Americans of the dif...

deathly lit environment gives the mention of rose a very sad and lonely tone. While people may, at first, immediately think the ...

ways that any change would be impossible for her. But when Mary Grace whispers her venomous insult, the message strikes home and R...

In the OConnor story, a family comprised of a husband and wife, their two children and the husbands mother take a road trip. Altho...

both the other woman and herself. She tells her shocked husband, who faints when he sees her creeping around the wall, that she ha...

the most frightening short stories ever written. Jackson begins with a description of a gorgeous summer day and subtly weaves a we...

Discusses cultural and sociological aspects concerning different languages through stories written by Amy Tan, Gloria Anzaldua and...

Introduction The ancient stories of Gilgamesh and Ulysses in Homers Odyssey are classic tales that allow the reader to glimpse wh...

by the church, works for them. She relents and tells him to remain just as he is, but that he still cannot join her church. The st...

Garcia Marquez seriously or are they an absurdists slanted look at the world? This paper argues that even though they are often co...

an adulterous tryst that ends up happily for everyone connected with it. It is beautiful, charming and - although it sounds strang...

talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...

several symbolic connotations in this name, primarily the contrast to the happy little dance called the Jig and the fact that she ...

modern-day utopias that seemed to have the best of everything. There were sporting events, community activities, performing arts,...

the characters talk and interact creates a very different setting for the story. It also limits how we envision the story that unf...

both married before their husbands had died and left them widows. In the first section of the story, Wharton gives background prof...

of his own family history." At this point the critic moves into examining the history of Hawthornes ancestors and the developme...

there is the suggestion that Elsie is a good mother. OHara writes that the "only thing," that Elsie "held against" her children, i...

he used to own and wear while he was working. The fact that Tom wore a tuxedo while performing suggests that he played at the best...

hygiene she also realizes are very large and she is shocked. This is a significant statement by the wife, since up until this time...

grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...

banks of a "black and lurid tarn" (Poe Usher). As the narrator in both stories is fully aware of who he is, he never bothers to in...

now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...

Stone Face, Ernest, a small boy growing up in the village learns of a prophecy concerning one who will live among them and will be...

to my mind)--perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am sick!" (Gilman). Because her...

the line, asking if he can remain there till the storm passes. "He expressed an intention to remain outside, but it was soon ap...

features suggest, Miss Moore, first of all, does not try to change her appearance to meet white standards, hence, her hair is "nap...

spelling of swor (to swoor) and the change from "hire" to "hir." In addition, though of the usable participle "to" clarifies the ...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

him to the hospital. After a short while on the road they stop for coffee, then later, they stop for pancakes. All the while their...