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The Awakening is a brilliant study of a womans gradual realization of how stifling her life is, and what happens when she refuses ...

story is a folktale, and begins with a farmer who promises his employee he will give him a heifer in exchange for his work, then t...

be raised by her sister and brother-in-law. However, Remedios warns her against this course of action, saying that, in the north, ...

it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribut...

it out, a four hour task, earlier that day and the relief it brought had been so immense he had treated himself to a slice of rye ...

one of the oldest and proudest in Louisiana" (Chopin 148). Chopin also establishes that he was born in France and that his mother ...

52). Close examination of "Story of an Hour" reveals the manner of Louise Mallards death, i.e., murder, and also the message that ...

She has been given the opportunity, or so she thinks, to finally live a life that is solely hers. There is a powerful sense of fre...

stopped, at least for Neddy Merrill. It seems that for those like Neddy, money must be had at all costs, but he had a problem too,...

assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...

of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...

suggests that it belongs to Rachel, the teacher, Mrs. Price pounces on this piece of knowledge and insists that Rachel accept the ...

there is the suggestion that Elsie is a good mother. OHara writes that the "only thing," that Elsie "held against" her children, i...

he used to own and wear while he was working. The fact that Tom wore a tuxedo while performing suggests that he played at the best...

by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...

the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...

"dances" out to the fig trees each day to check on their ripeness (Ripe Figs). When she finds them to be "little hard, green marb...

where responses were made, which in turn may also be seen to have cross overs with gospel music. The aspect in which blues...

The misconception, here, is that because the old man does not look normal that he must not be human and therefore, they can treat...

quality, and that is indeed the way she first appears. However we will soon see that she has many qualities, which add to her str...

In five pages a psychological analysis of John Steinbeck's short story includes the flowers' symbolism and the depression of Elisa...

to whom Sammy is attracted, enter the A&P, there is a problem. The manager berates them, and they are seemingly embarrassed. Samm...

In five pages this paper examines the Victorian time period that shaped the life and writings of Kate Chopin and analyzes the femi...

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 ...

In eleven pages Lee K. Abbott's quirky exploration of human nature in the short stories collection Living After Midnight is examin...

5 pages and 2 sources. This paper provides an overview of what it might take to change the future and improve a life. Though man...

In five pages the short stories 'The Catbird Seat' and 'The Unicorn in the Garden' by James Thurber and 'Hihlls Like White Elephan...

In seven pages a biography of Hemingway is included in this short story analysis. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography....

In five pages this paper examines how Kate Chopin depicts marriage in the short stories 'The Storm,' 'Story of an Hour' and 'Ripe ...

our morbid curiosity about death continues, and in Hemingways story that curiosity is all too well satisfied. In The Snows of Kil...