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

tone to the story that keeps the reader from fully empathizing with Emily or her situation. However, it is this distancing from Em...

of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...

Been? Oates makes an ordinary tale extraordinary by juxtaposing two powerful legends: the modern rock hero (the story is dedicated...

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,...

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...

story is accepting and understanding of the old mans emotional needs. He points out to the younger waiter that the caf? is "clean ...

a graduated student of philosophy she has the knowledge and the wisdom to rise above the ridiculous and find truth. But, it is her...

Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...

likely remain lost for the rest of his life. Analysis When we look at the very beginning of the story we can clearly see an an...

his poor little puppet-like body" to be rather pathetic and ridiculous. Nevertheless, he is intrigued and he becomes "wildly anxio...

and somehow deeply touches us in ways that can not always understand. It is something that is quite primitive, for our ancestors o...

tend to our own affairs, doing what has to be done and then relaxing as reward or for regeneration enabling us to repeat the proce...

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 ...

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

like herself. From their initial conversation in the garden, Beatrice reassures him that she is sincere by stating that "Forget wh...

perspective it is not always easy to analyse Munros work, since the layering of different narrative threads draws the reader into ...

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

above her on the social ladder, Sophy accepts him when he proposes marriage. She marries, not from love, but more from a standpoin...

sack of flour, no gunpowder, or leather, or cloth, or iron tools" (Cather). He would see, "Not a letter, even -- no news of what w...

appearance, her style, and her young sexuality. She plays with it in a very dangerous manner that she is completely unaware of for...

clear that there are some very mysterious things taking place within the story. We note this first in the presence of the house wh...

with Sykes tormenting her with a whip that mistakes for a snake. This image carries with it the historical weight of slavery, as...

it looks like a Holstein calf, and she is waggin her finger at me and sayin, "Child, you got to grab hold of the things you want i...

about it in the morning paper on the subway on his way to work. Sonny "had been picked up, the evening before, in a raid on an apa...

fantasy), horror has generated the most serious study. Fright master Stephen King credits this to the acclaimed literary trilogy...

as "tiny jewels glowing behind the cover," which weave a "tapestry of transformed lives." This point is exemplified by the first s...

barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...

is basically no place for an intellectual woman within the university environment. On a visit to a university, Woolf is told she i...

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