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This paper presents discussion of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, ...

they sneak away; here the reference is to an angry and implacable god who is ready to strike down those who disobey. The second r...

As he hauls water through the village he is greeted by many who know him. Some of course treat him like a servant but by and by...

of the story escalates the tension that is associated with this part of the narrative. There is considerable irony in the attitu...

each. An allegory, while closely associated with symbols or symbolism, is a unique literary element in that everything within the...

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

Goodman presents challenges to relativism, which is the view that morality is relative and that ethical truths are dependent on th...

also illustrating how she was not a woman who was likely insecure. As the poem moves on the narrator informs the reader even mor...

concealed his frame and face from onlookers by wearing a black cloak, as a symbol of a fearful secret between him and them" (Barna...

In five pages the ways in which the detective literary genre was standardized by Poe's 'The Purloined Letter,' 'The Mystery of Mar...

for the best. Soon, however, a sudden sense of calm overcomes her as she whispers "free, free, free" (Chopin PG). Mrs. Mal...

In three pages this paper examines the primary characters in these two stories in terms of society's treatment of them and human p...

In eight pages the importance of setting historical setting in order to take readers back to an earlier period is considered in an...

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...

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...

little concern for the development, the past, of the relationships that play a very important part in the stories. One could well ...

the community as an oddity, "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town" (Faulkner 433). She ...

we use our life experiences to decide what wee believe otherwise to be. In Young Goodman Brown we are faced with a...

reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...

a sense of apprehension. As he looks back to see her watching him as he rounds the corner by the meeting house he vows that thing...

isolated as a result. In many ways, it is the men...

was the case, but not in the manner which many would believe. I dont think there is any reason to believe that Emily was raging m...

she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...

townspeople had actually seen her she still remained hidden until the appearance of a new character, Homer Barron. Homer is the an...

Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...

were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...

to it that such a crime was punishable by death. After all, behavior so unbecoming of a religious devotee deserved no less....

the daughter who has lost a mother and does not know it: "She was growing too attached to the child and wanted desperately to help...

living with Emily, which is certainly not proper but the town accepts this because there is sympathy for Emily who is a sad and lo...

so strongly rooted in the collective consciousness that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethica...