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- into a "setting conducive to unrest and fears" (Fisher 75). The narrator reveals that his grief over his wife Ligeias death pro...

literary criticism entitled, The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction, Judith Fetterley described "A Rose for...

is a social climber; and she has no respect for her husband or his scholarship, finding it and him both incredibly boring. She is ...

deathly lit environment gives the mention of rose a very sad and lonely tone. While people may, at first, immediately think the ...

great deal of literature there is a foundation that is laid in relationship to a community. The community is a part of the setting...

one of the most frequently anthologized stories in English, and one of the most popular. Its blend of horror, mystery and irony ar...

he will bring the excitement back into her life. When she gives him a cutting from her prized mums to give to another woman (its a...

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...

finished creating mayhem yet. Mortgage-backed securities, backed by subprime mortgages, are likely to continue falling in value as...

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

array of individuals that Whitman clearly associated himself with as perhaps an American. He states, "I am enamourd of growing out...

expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...

later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...

men, and it was known that he drank with the younger men in the Elks Club--that he was not a marrying man" (Faulkner). This can be...

This is not to say that the influence of European authors was not discernible in the work of these authors. For example, Melvill...

man of the house. Catherines father took Heathcliff in and ultimately one could argue he had lofty ideals, ideals that were closer...

mother and in many ways Catherine is that female figure for him. He cannot bear to let her go, cannot bear to live without her and...

Background/history A report from the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) indicates that roughly 40 percent of the average workday ...

the best way to treat the pain, many physicians are still reluctant to use it ("Lidocaine-prilocaine," 1997). It has been noted by...

sway over the human condition. She sees the futility of forging an alliance with Linton, while at the same time knowing that she a...

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

town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity ...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

and understood in many different ways. We are not only given one perspective but two that work together in different and powerful ...

her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...

supposedly goes insane and they think that he has no power, no part in all else that takes place within the kingdom. Hamlet has pu...

did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...

that her father is dead. Therefore, she reasons that he is merely resting and is still capable of making decisions for her. She wo...

those around them, as if they were now removed from all responsibility to those around them. She seems to call them dead before th...

stables, no longer a real member of the family, Catherine still roamed the hills with him, being his companion, and he really her ...