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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...

Comparative Analysis of Guy de Maupassant's 'The Necklace' and Kate Chopin's 'Story of an Hour'

These short stories are contrasted and compared in six pages with characters, themes, and endings analyzed. Six sources are cited...

Analyzing 'Sun and Moon by Katherine Mansfield

is assumed that the narrator is offering a truthful representation, but the readers are expected to often "read between the lines"...

Short Stories of Stephen King

In ten pages 5 short stories from the collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes are analyzed in terms of the literary techniques emplo...

How to Make an American Quilt by Otto

In five pages this book overview examines the stories of the women and also analyzes some of the themes presented within. There a...

Character of Bill Miller in 'Neighbors' by Raymond Carver

In five pages this undestated bookkeeper character is analyzed in terms of his importance to Carver's short story. Five sources a...

Toni Cade Bambara's 'The Lesson'

In five pages the telling of this short story and the messages contained within are analyzed. One source is listed in the bibliog...

Chosen Place, Timeless People by Paule Marshall

In five pages this book and the interwoven character stories are reviewed and analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces and Food

be drawn into his bizarre and hilarious world" (Santiago). Food, as referred to in the first line of this analysis, clearly presen...

'The Dead' by James Joyce

In five pages this essay analyzes James Joyce's short story and the meaning of 'dead' within the characterization of Gabriel. The...

'Man in the Black Suit' by Stephen King

In five pages this paper analyzes Stephen King's short story in terms of how the author employs the setting of rural Maine. There...

Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and Symbolic Imagery

In seven pages this short story is analyzed in terms of the author's use of symbolic images. There are two other sources cited in...

Washington Irving's 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle' Analyzed

The narrator's reliability in each of these short stories is analyzed in a paper that consists of five pages. There are no other ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories Including 'The Birth Mark'

In five pages this paper analyzes 'The Birth Mark' and compares it to other Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories including 'Young Goo...

A Review of I Am Rene Espronceda de la Barca

A 5 page review of the short story that was included in the book And We Sold the Rain.The three mysteries presented by the author ...

Virginia Woolf's 'The Mark on the Wall'

In five pages this paper analyzes the narrator's mind in this short story by Virginia Woolf. One source is cited in the bibliogra...

Commentary on Virginia Woolf's 'The Lady in the Looking Glass'

distance, an unclear picture is present. It is this vision of the mistress that the narrator begins to imagine must be of some fan...

D.H. Lawrence's 'The Rocking Horse Winner' and the Character of Paul

Oscar often refers to "filthy lucre" (Lawrence 922). His mother explains that luck is "what causes you to have money. If youre l...

'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' by Ambrose Bierce

formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him" (An Occurrence...). The third person point of view is d...

Analyzing A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

point that in order to become complete, we must learn more about ourselves and who we are. In order to do this, we need to experi...

Literary Analysis of Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily,' Poe's 'Ligeia,' and Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown'

ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...

Allegory and Symbolism in the American Gothic Short Stories "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and "Ligeia" and "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe

wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...

Pardoner's Sexuality in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this paper analyzes the Pardoner's sexuality in a consideration of the stories from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey...

Class, Privilege, and Maturity in 'A and P' by John Updike

definitely engages in what can be interpreted as seductive posturing (Wells 128). For example, as she slowly turns, Sammys stomach...

2 Works of Ernest Hemingway Analyzed

may have gone on behind the scenes with the authors own relationships with the opposite gender. THE SYMBOLISM This Hemingway vig...

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...

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...

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...

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...

'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...