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Essays 181 - 210
the murder has no real basis in reality; the old man had never hurt him, and he has no desire to rob him: "Object there was none. ...
the night of a grand ball, an unexpected and unwelcome guest appears: the "mummer" is wearing the shroud normally put on a corpse,...
did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...
You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. AT LENGTH I would be av...
was arrested by the cultural revolutionary forces and tortured for several months (Zhang 14). Otherwise, there was "usually enough...
a stake in his hen-pen and like any cock, his hair was up about it" (Head 70). He returns home to reestablish his "claim" on his "...
In 5 pages this paper analyzes the ways in which Poe satirizes transcendentalism in this story. There are 6 sources cited in the ...
ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...
may be in similar situations as I have myself been subjected to. "I should start by telling you my name. My name is Beatrice McK...
A seemingly reliable third-person narrator tells these stories. In "Luck," a clergyman tells Mr. Clemens about a revered Crimean ...
rather read about romance and adventure, read the work of Stendhal, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Tolstoy, Flaubert and Proust, rather than ...
humanity. The action is the medium by which the man learns, but it is the learning that makes the story fundamentally interesting....
In five pages this short story examines the theme of identity within the context of this short story. Four sources are cited in t...
In six pages this short story considers the author's diagnosis for what is ailing the Caribbean culture and how it can be cured as...
When this story was first published "India was highly visible in the international arena for the cultural conflict among its relig...
the tiny little life boat. At one point they believe they see land in the distance, and then they realize it is land. However the ...
- into a "setting conducive to unrest and fears" (Fisher 75). The narrator reveals that his grief over his wife Ligeias death pro...
he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utte...
that never completely healed. It is believed that there is a little of Elizabeth in all of Poes female characterizations. One of...
- Chapter 4 - The Romantic Period, 1820-1860: Fiction). Poe seemed to regard society and the Industrial Revolution in particular ...
In eleven pages Poe's writings are interpreted in terms of its representation of conflict as well as pastoral with such works as '...
of similar words and create definitive alliteration that supports the flow of the work. Alliteration of the words "love" and "li...
stories(Rollason, 1988). There is, of course, the same typical Poe elements, the triumph of rational reasoning, the superiority ...
In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...
1997). She attributes the warnings to some sort of liberal conspiracy: "I believe those Republicans who think that theres been a c...
she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...
circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...
see some good in forced change such as this narrator suggests, and initiates. She simply feels impersonal and as though she is n...
the bank while there is a line of people waiting for service, but rather than agree with a fellow human being, he is caustic and s...
that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social stat...