YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Three Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
Essays 271 - 300
son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...
Her husband has only used her sexually for that is his nature, and is representative of the oppressive patriarchal culture. But, s...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
do that. Dave needs to understand himself well enough to determine that it is actually he who is flawed, and not society....
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...
suggests that it belongs to Rachel, the teacher, Mrs. Price pounces on this piece of knowledge and insists that Rachel accept the ...
sack of flour, no gunpowder, or leather, or cloth, or iron tools" (Cather). He would see, "Not a letter, even -- no news of what w...
with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...
beating his wife which illustrates a theme of the helpless, and perhaps primarily the helplessness of women in society controlled ...
connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...
have to occupy the nursery with the horrid wallpaper" (161). As befits a woman who is practically a nonentity, the narrator in "...
sharpness of selfish satisfaction" (217). As this suggests, Dr. Jenkins feelings toward his hoard of art are not completely altrui...
to convince her that having the abortion is no big deal. PATTERN OF SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH MODERN WORLD It is an interesti...
is on its way, OConnor emphasizes that the grandmother is totally lacking in any sort of sympathetic or empathetic feeling. The ...
restriction and that, for the rest of her life, "she would live for herself" (Chopin). With a feeling of freedom unlike anything s...
tales. While "The Oval Portrait" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are distinctive in setting they share certain simil...
clearly shows how the concept of love differs between people, regardless of gender. "There was a time when I thought I loved my ...
appearance, her style, and her young sexuality. She plays with it in a very dangerous manner that she is completely unaware of for...
her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one...
the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...
that "The Cask of Amontillado" centers more around the theme of revenge than do any of Poes gruesome works. "The Cask of Amontill...
Her Peers"). The Women The primary women, as a whole, present us with knowledgeable and observant women who quickly discover w...
an article entitled "Every Womans Dream," which appeared in April 7 edition of The Weekly (1954, p. 59). The student researching t...
well enough to write some thousand words at a stretch. She describes the view from her window quite lucidly, as well as the pretty...
This essay pertains to Margaret Edson's play "Wit," and Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use." The writer argues that each of ...
This essay offers analysis of Pamela C. Joern's short story "Running in Place." The writer focuses on Joern's skill in regards to ...
This essay presents the argument that "The Yellow Walllpaper," a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman should be interpreted as ...
This essay pertains to The short stories "Bible" by Tobias Wolfe and "Virgins" by Danielle Evans. The writer discusses the theme o...
This essay offers a summary and discussion of themes and characters in "Winter Dreams," a short story by Fitzgerald. Three pages i...