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its extreme, I pointed out the evil being perpetuated against the Irish." Lady Macbeth interrupts, "I am familiar with this wo...
Her husband has only used her sexually for that is his nature, and is representative of the oppressive patriarchal culture. But, s...
limited means to make a living. The fires he sets may be construed as the rage that burns inside of him. This arsonist is continua...
son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...
When Pelayo discovers an old man sporting wings in a sandy marsh and summons his wife Elisenda to take a look to assure he is not ...
her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
be left with a limp as a reminder of his close call, however. However, because of this illness, he would often be sent to live ...
tells the reader that whatever happened to the occupants occurred recently, as obviously the house still has electricity. The per...
Been? Oates makes an ordinary tale extraordinary by juxtaposing two powerful legends: the modern rock hero (the story is dedicated...
Melville: "he was ... a gentleman adventurer in the barbarous outposts of human experience" (147). Melvilles Bartleby the Scriven...
the weight,/ the weight we carry/ is love" (Ginsberg 1-9). In this poem we do not necessarily see love as an uplifting real...
concerned for the welfare of his rather homely adopted daughter, Beina. First of all, Jin makes it clear that women within Chinese...
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...
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...
as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...
an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...
In eight pages this paper examines the contrasting imagery of sexuality and athletic prowess in this short story by James Thurber....
and claims to be overtired, although she seems to be able to write some thousand words at a stretch. In this first section she als...
In ten pages this paper compares the worldview clashes featured in the short stories of John Updike and Flannery O'Connor in an a...
In seven pages the unity established through opposites is examined within the context of this short story by Flannery O'Connor. S...
In five pages the last short story by Flannery O'Connor is analyzed and emphasizes the thematic importance of condemnation and red...
free; and Joy, whose miserable disposition is anything but joyful. It is Joy who is the chief protagonist, an educated 32-year-ol...
who OConnor suspected believed God to be dead -- found it puzzling and bizarre. For this reason, OConnor is often classified in th...
In five pages this paper examines Flannery O'Connor's short story from a theological perspective. Six sources are cited in the bi...
In ten pages this paper examines how religion, particularly the grace of God, is thematically depicted in Flannery O' Connor's sho...