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clerk in the store, he has no respect for his boss or the people who use his services. At the same time,...
significant loss. Examining the examples of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher,...
This paper examines the issue of gender in Le Guin's short story, Sur. The author discusses gender roles, symbolism, and thematic...
the skill they once had, but rather their passion for that subject matter. For example, an opera singer such as Leoni may well hav...
in this short story depict them simply in neutral roles. Some of the female depictions in this story, however, at least hint at t...
Many factual elements of Schmids horrendous crimes and his persona impregnate Oates short story. Schmid is described in the "Life...
Understandably, such an action might be interpreted as a willingness on her part but in reality this action, even though Arnold ne...
his deceptiveness, and the danger the ensuing adventure holds for her become more understandable when Friend is viewed as the mani...
himself during this period (Ross, 1999). He began writing soon after his arrival in Canada, and won the "Canadian Fiction Magazin...
the glory when the farming goes well. Of course, this bitterness is something felt by most housewives of an earlier generation and...
reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...
has returned home for a visit with his mother and to reintroduce her to his lover, Wayne, who joins him at his childhood home. Nei...
hearers quaked. An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe" (Hawthorne). They shuddered and were simply fearful of this man who...
or perhaps the ability to appreciate the verse even if they do not recognize the poet. His insecurity also shows in that this judg...
right in their eyes for one who has died. They paint his face, sprinkle corn meal and pollen, and thus give him a very fitting wra...
to salvage their relationship. When a scratch on his leg goes untreated with iodine, it becomes gangrenous, and as he lay dying, ...
inner most desire is that God would "notice and...talk to him also" as he did to men in the Old Testament (55). Bentley comes to s...
stories often reflect the ideals, and the alternative ideals, of this time. While he has written numerous stories this particular ...
again from the red eiderdown!" (Mansfield NA). We see her as a sensitive and imaginative old woman as she thinks of the fur as ...
The morbid tale of revenge of "The Cask of Amontillado" is carefully depicted with crypt like wine vaults which eventually entomb ...
her husbands life seems threatened Nora does the right thing by forging her fathers name and getting money to assist her husband. ...
It took place in the south, as did most of OConnors stories, and showed the ignorance of southern whites by using a certain predil...
brother and sister, were split, with Edgar being taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Poe Chronology). His sister,...
her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...
Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...
is old enough to evaluate her life and find it wanting. She has two small children and is pregnant with a third. Her husband is la...
types of decaying vegetation. The vegetation even permeates the external nooks and crannies of the house itself in the form of a ...
of food, loud noises upset him, strong scents, such as from flowers disturbed him. In every sense of the word, he was neurotic. Us...
Western States Book Award for Fiction and the Walt Whitman Award (The Iguana Killer [Review]). Interestingly enough, Rios spoke Sp...
a new life, and emphasizes how people, when tested by circumstances can overcome adversity along their path toward self-respect. ...