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he so closely identifies with him, which is precisely Poes point-the narrators is not normal, but is quite insane. The point of ...

careful selection of names and how they reflect the personalities of the characters, and in the hypocritical nature of the charact...

decline, from onset to death, takes but "half an hour" (Poe). In the face of this overwhelming specter of death, Prince Prospero i...

way his eyes move continually to the fact that he cannot stand to be touched: "Once, when he had been making a synopsis of a parag...

different we have no possible common ground, we can also justify destroying them. This is why we never consider enemy combatants a...

their late mother, who was the familys support system. Of her, the narrator would recall, "I always see her wearing pale blue" (B...

on charming it much as he believes he has charmed most of the towns women, and confining Delia to the home for years is comparable...

the narrator another instance where the town was concerned about Miss Emily and her home, which was over a smell, an awful smell o...

(Cather 68). It became readily apparent that these local men were there more out of a sense of civic duty than out of any love fo...

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...

Gregory talks about how his mother got angry when he threw out a free coat and Williams speaks of how his parents loved the kids, ...

clearly shows how the concept of love differs between people, regardless of gender. "There was a time when I thought I loved my ...

rage (Cutts). Poe, like his stories, was quite unusual. Even his physical appearance hinted that his mental processes were...

not been fulfilled as she soon learned that many of the columns in the paper originated from a central syndication network and the...

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

beating his wife which illustrates a theme of the helpless, and perhaps primarily the helplessness of women in society controlled ...

her, it is apparent that his "real" life is with his wife and children, and that Nadine is only on the periphery. It is ironic, of...

a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...

tale: "The stories include The Courtship of Mr. Lyon,] a fairly straightforward interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, which is a...

such a position where this is his best hope. His entire family seems thrilled that he can have such a good job with good pay, neve...

not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...

a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She ha...

is mystical and unexplainable, in the house. They understand that they cannot necessarily see what is taking place, or truly put t...

ended as they could have logically ended. So, too, it must be stated that this spelling out of the ending of the mysteries is a ...

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

than relating the events of a shopping trip. "Shopping is really the story of a mothers (Mrs. Dietrichs) relationship with her t...

who they had both known was sent to the hospital after the game that day. Grimes, not realizing the Lardner is a reporter, and Lar...

and private places; the divisions which existed between regular days and festive days; the divisions which existed between the vil...

no simple way, for an old culture to adjust to a new one. New and Old World Beliefs The primary character in this story is the...

great pain, screaming, the arrogance of the doctor comes out in the following: "But her screams are not important. I dont hear the...