Essays 1621 - 1650
reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...
at a standstill when abuse has occurred. There can certainly be no argument surrounding the fact that family dynamics -- which re...
human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...
of symbolism can be seen in Melvilles "great white whale in Moby Dick; Dantes journey into the underworld in The Inferno" and many...
some of the local women, but he does not follow through on this desires because - above all else - he wishes to avoid consequences...
meaning information positive to the organisations goals. However, for governments, especially in countries where there is freedom ...
much fuller understanding of the feelings and motivations of his fellow men, which is reflected in his sermons. As noted by Eaton ...
standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint ...
own enlightenment. Joy/Hulga has actively chosen to be pessimistic about life and about people. She is bitter and angry, which ...
meant to be - mixing with society people and being decorated with fine jewelry. However, she ends up losing the necklace...
lost. This brings us to one of the differences in the story, yet it also involves a similarity. With Mabel we have a woman who ...
the characters talk and interact creates a very different setting for the story. It also limits how we envision the story that unf...
both married before their husbands had died and left them widows. In the first section of the story, Wharton gives background prof...
of his own family history." At this point the critic moves into examining the history of Hawthornes ancestors and the developme...
hygiene she also realizes are very large and she is shocked. This is a significant statement by the wife, since up until this time...
by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...
us are perhaps afraid to pursue the thing that would make us the most happy but is likely to also be the most risky. We may fear ...
War while still serving with the Italians, and became well-decorated by the Italian government4. After returning from the war, he...
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...
talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...
several symbolic connotations in this name, primarily the contrast to the happy little dance called the Jig and the fact that she ...
modern-day utopias that seemed to have the best of everything. There were sporting events, community activities, performing arts,...
In five pages this paper examines how Houston promotes drama and literature through theater and writers groups and considers their...
grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...
banks of a "black and lurid tarn" (Poe Usher). As the narrator in both stories is fully aware of who he is, he never bothers to in...
now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...
Stone Face, Ernest, a small boy growing up in the village learns of a prophecy concerning one who will live among them and will be...
to my mind)--perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am sick!" (Gilman). Because her...
the line, asking if he can remain there till the storm passes. "He expressed an intention to remain outside, but it was soon ap...