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Use of Foreshadowing in Chopin's, The Story of an Hour

This paper analyzes the literary technique of foreshadowing as seen in Kate Chopin's work, The Story of an Hour. This five page p...

Paralysis and Epiphany in Dubliners by James Joyce

and cultural socialization make life difficult. This theme is evocatively demonstrated in Joyces story "Araby", which illustrates...

'Telephone Call' by Alifa Rifaat

In four pages this short story from Distant View of a Minaret is analyzed in terms of the call's symbolism. There is 1 source cit...

A Synthesis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories' The Birth-Mark', 'Lady Eleanore's Mantle,' 'The Minister's Black Veil,' and 'Young Goodman Brown'

him and them" (Barna 324). The true source of the authors inner torment was never revealed, but there was little doubt that "evil...

A Character Analysis for Jake and Brett in The Sun Also Rises

This ten page report analyzes the characters Jake and Brett, comparing them to the other men in the story. The thesis is presente...

Ending of Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this research paper analyzes the controversial ending of Chaucer's work with the position taken that it is inconclus...

Sandra Cisneros' House on Mango Street

In five pages the short stories featured in Cisneros' volume and the continuity that exists between them are analyzed. There are ...

'The Youngest Doll' by Rosario Ferre

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of women's desires and their positioning in the aristocratic patriarchy of Pue...

Steinbeck's Novels and the Depiction of Alcoholism

A paper containing five pages analyzes how Steinbeck views alcohol and alcoholics rather ambivalently but finds a value in using t...

Story of The Tempest by William Shakespeare

In four pages the plot of the story The Tempest and perceptions of it are analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

Alice Walker's Sudden Trip Home in the Spring

In six pages this paper analyzes the background and meaning of this autobiographical story and the importance of symbolism. Six s...

Analyzing John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Pearl

In five pages these stories are analyzed in terms of their similarities and differences and literary elements such as themes, char...

An Analysis of Rabbi Kushner's Book, How Good Do We Have To Be?

Garden of Eden (12). His basic premise is that if we, as a society, can change our basic notion of God as a force that punishes pe...

Analysis of Hemingway's, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber

This paper analyzes Ernest Hemingway's short story, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. The author addresses narrative voic...

'To Build a Fire' by Jack London

In 5 pages this paper analyzes the creatures featured in this short story with the dog representing instinct and man symbolizing i...

Catherine Mansfield/Miss Brill's Fur

she imagines that she is able to rub "the life back into the dim little eyes" (Mansfield 176). On one level, Miss Brill realizes t...

Critical Analysis of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner

are not so lucky; they remain in Afghanistan under Soviet rule and then later are subjected to the tyranny of the Taliban regime d...

John Updike/Sammy quitting in "A & P"

"Big Tall Goony-Goony," but is the third girl with whom he is instantly smitten. She is "Queenie" in Sammys mind and he associates...

Chopin’s Story of an Hour

dies "of heart disease--of the joy that kills" (Chopin). Her position in the story seems to be one of a woman who has simply res...

'A White Heron' by Sarah Orne Jewett

In six pages this paper analyzes Sarah Orne Jewett's short story in terms of female identity and youthful sexuality. Four sources...

"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant: Short Story Analysis

the late nineteenth century (the same time the story was written). This setting is of vital importance because at that time, weal...

Cheever's "The Country Husband"

every night to a battlefield" (Cheever 73). Later in the story, at a party, Weed recognizes the maid serving canap?s, as a woman...

'A Clean, Well Lighted Place' by Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway makes clear his own feelings even without stating them by delving more into the older waiters character than the younger...

Comparing Romeo and Juliet with West Side Story

ever see a production of the original play. In light of such information we can assume that, in their original context, both stori...

Marxist View of the Misfit Character in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

to save her family. Perhaps she can convince him not to kill anyone, but instead, she only pleads for her own life without much re...

'The World War I Los Angeles Airplane' by Richard Brautigan

at the same time he is not successful, such as the relationship with his grandfather and a wife. In terms of three specific events...

Louise Erdrich's 'Saint Marie' and Character Analyses

that this woman has a great power over her and over the rest of the class. She begins to look around her at the reservation and re...

Analysis of 'The Man Who Was Almost a Man' by Richard Wright

likely remain lost for the rest of his life. Analysis When we look at the very beginning of the story we can clearly see an an...

Analysis of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

tone to the story that keeps the reader from fully empathizing with Emily or her situation. However, it is this distancing from Em...

Jazz by Toni Morrison

This 5 page paper analyzes Toni Morrison's novel "Jazz," and argues that Toni Morrison uses jazz and sexual identity as ...