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In six pages this paper discusses how supernatural, dualism, and death motifs are emphasized through Gothic imagery in this famous...
In five pages this paper analyzes Poe's use of symbols in this short story. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
In five pages this paper discusses how women are subjected to oppression by men in these 2 short stories by Shirley Jackson. Seve...
In seven pages this paper examines the history of the Old South as it reveals intself in William Faulkner's short story. Four oth...
In 3 pages this paper examines how materialism is portrayed within D.H. Lawrence's short story 'The Rocking Horse Winner' and by G...
In 7 pages this short story is analyzed in terms of its protagonist and whether or not it was modeled after the author who created...
In five pages this paper presents a short story analysis of Stephen Crane's 'The Open Boat.' There are no other sources listed....
turn something seemingly worthless into a treasure. A quilt being symbolically assembled throughout the story reflects how societ...
according to her relationship to a male, Joyce subtly points to the gender hierarchy that was prevalent throughout the nineteenth ...
the other until, in the end, exhaustion overcomes it. We see this not only in Maggie herself, but in Skipper and Brick, and the in...
Oscar often refers to "filthy lucre" (Lawrence 922). His mother explains that luck is "what causes you to have money. If youre l...
of his contemporaries, [Poe] refused to soften or idealize mortality and kept its essential horror in view But what is the "essen...
attention of the white community and gets him an invitation to deliver the speech at a gathering of the towns leading white citize...
distance, an unclear picture is present. It is this vision of the mistress that the narrator begins to imagine must be of some fan...
close, as truly intimate with his wife as he is with this group of friends. Nick does not run away from his responsibility, but th...
of such an objective that one becomes labeled as selfish and intolerant of commonly accepted methods. This negative connotation o...
Sonnys Blues, Sonny is the protagonist who is a recovering drug addict. He tries to begin a new life with the help of his brother,...
In eight pages these three short stories are considered in terms of summary and analysis of themes. Ten sources are cited in the ...
of the situation inside the house. He relates that "Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-wor...
reality in Poes work. And, the fact that it comes back to haunt the characters in the story further emphasizes the power of this "...
matters into his own hands, a reality perhaps perceived by the oracle. He believes the predictions of the witches, and thinks that...
a strong and masculine man, though perhaps not too intelligent, or so Ichabod thinks. One night at a party people are telling s...
Twelfth Night, the eve of Epiphany which is defined by Joyce as a sudden shining down of reason and awareness, a "sudden spiritual...
is almost always away on business, and the only permanent residents, in addition to the governess and the children is the stern an...
no avail. Her father explained that the antidote would actually kill her, but she did not want to live being poisonous anyway. The...
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...
equivalent of playing Russian roulette, was popular in Japan, but his mother always refused to eat fugu, but decided to do so rath...
about alcohol. The narrator describes that -- if her parents ever drank alcoholic beverages -- it was outside their home (Munro 43...
definitely engages in what can be interpreted as seductive posturing (Wells 128). For example, as she slowly turns, Sammys stomach...
inability to understand the calls in the dead of night are paralleled with the frustration they feel at not getting any informatio...