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353). Symbols present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Who or what is "Young Goodman Brown" t...

fiction has become a cardinal rule, with the demand being even more stringent in the short story due to its compressed form. Rese...

that she did not have the wherewithal to match the experience of the opposing gender. It can be argued that the very first words ...

it right in front of him. However, in The Birthmark we are also introduced to the character of Aminidad, who...

BODY "I Stand Here Ironing" relates the several facts which are pertinent...

with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...

human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...

of symbolism can be seen in Melvilles "great white whale in Moby Dick; Dantes journey into the underworld in The Inferno" and many...

This was only the first of many contradictions that would emerge in William Faulkner that would make his life more difficult than ...

him to the hospital. After a short while on the road they stop for coffee, then later, they stop for pancakes. All the while their...

his own parent/child relationship. Not coincidentally, Frankenstein labors "for nine months... to complete his experiment" (Riche...

an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...

speaking with the man directly, or setting about to use his mind to figure out a logical answer, he resorts to unethical behavior....

(Coale 43). In the story, the newlywed Brown leaves Faith, his bride of three months, to take a walk into a forest that no decent...

of death, while the Mourning Dove reminds one of the mourners at ones funeral. This also sets the tone for the frame of mind that ...

the world of all evil by silencing any voice of dissention. This short story clearly illustrates the idea that evil is in the doin...

her we see this as representative of the Devil, but the Devil will, as Delia suggested, is going to make sure Sykes got what was c...

are pure creatures and seeing them run or even trot, or perhaps even exist, makes this young man incredibly happy and content. The...

asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...

significant loss. Examining the examples of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher,...

reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...

This paper provides an analysis of this short story in terms of theme, symbolism, and character development. This four page paper ...

This paper examines the issue of gender in Le Guin's short story, Sur. The author discusses gender roles, symbolism, and thematic...

was a message for his people, and for the reader as well. What did the black veil symbolize? The story ends as follows: " The gras...

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of perspective, setting, tone, style, and symbolism. Seven sources are cited ...

This paper consists of six pages and analyzes the symbolism that appears throughout each short story. Two sources are cited in th...

the mind of a murderer, who casually confesses to his crime to an unnamed acquaintance some fifty years after the fact. The narra...

all, it appears that the author addresses social stratification by putting the protagonist in this particular setting. What the p...

In six pages this paper examines how intent and meaning are enhanced by literary symbolism and settings in Eudora Welty's short st...

way that he feels about himself is not overly shocking to Gregor. His determination to make his train, the fact that he would even...