YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Three Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
Essays 271 - 300
concerned for the welfare of his rather homely adopted daughter, Beina. First of all, Jin makes it clear that women within Chinese...
son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
Her husband has only used her sexually for that is his nature, and is representative of the oppressive patriarchal culture. But, s...
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...
of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...
do that. Dave needs to understand himself well enough to determine that it is actually he who is flawed, and not society....
this keeps them interested even more, thus providing us with the dual nature of formal religion as it teaches one thing but does a...
seen in literature of her time, but clearly something that existed in the real world. She was fortunate to have married a man w...
suggests that it belongs to Rachel, the teacher, Mrs. Price pounces on this piece of knowledge and insists that Rachel accept the ...
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...
with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...
beating his wife which illustrates a theme of the helpless, and perhaps primarily the helplessness of women in society controlled ...
connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...
have to occupy the nursery with the horrid wallpaper" (161). As befits a woman who is practically a nonentity, the narrator in "...
sharpness of selfish satisfaction" (217). As this suggests, Dr. Jenkins feelings toward his hoard of art are not completely altrui...
an article entitled "Every Womans Dream," which appeared in April 7 edition of The Weekly (1954, p. 59). The student researching t...
to convince her that having the abortion is no big deal. PATTERN OF SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH MODERN WORLD It is an interesti...
is on its way, OConnor emphasizes that the grandmother is totally lacking in any sort of sympathetic or empathetic feeling. The ...
restriction and that, for the rest of her life, "she would live for herself" (Chopin). With a feeling of freedom unlike anything s...
tales. While "The Oval Portrait" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are distinctive in setting they share certain simil...
clearly shows how the concept of love differs between people, regardless of gender. "There was a time when I thought I loved my ...
appearance, her style, and her young sexuality. She plays with it in a very dangerous manner that she is completely unaware of for...
on his knee, leans over him, putting his ear first higher then lower, and performs various gymnastic movements over him with a sig...
In five pages this essay provides a character analysis of Gregor as featured in Kafka's short story. Three sources are cited in t...
In six pages the emotional undercurrent that pervades this horrific short story by Edgar Allan Poe is examined. Three sources are...
her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one...
the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...
that "The Cask of Amontillado" centers more around the theme of revenge than do any of Poes gruesome works. "The Cask of Amontill...
Her Peers"). The Women The primary women, as a whole, present us with knowledgeable and observant women who quickly discover w...