Essays 961 - 990
In five pages this paper examines Flannery O'Connor's short story from a theological perspective. Six sources are cited in the bi...
In ten pages this paper examines how religion, particularly the grace of God, is thematically depicted in Flannery O' Connor's sho...
In eight pages this paper examines how racial intolerance is thematically portrayed in Flannery O'Connor's short stories 'Judgment...
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 ...
In eight pages this paper examines the contrasting imagery of sexuality and athletic prowess in this short story by James Thurber....
and claims to be overtired, although she seems to be able to write some thousand words at a stretch. In this first section she als...
with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...
an ever-present element in "The Cask of Amontillado", Poe manages to keep it just below the surface of the plot until that final ...
barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...
In five pages this paper examines how Houston promotes drama and literature through theater and writers groups and considers their...
and monitoring others. He does not merely sit back in his office, but likes to possess the power that can make the young boys crin...
a grandfather is made clear as soon as Robert ushers Mr. Winfield into the car. Wiinfields granddaughter, Sheila, greets him. With...
and their three children. Hearing of the escape of a dangerous Florida killer known only as The Misfit and his band of thugs prov...
connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...
as "tiny jewels glowing behind the cover," which weave a "tapestry of transformed lives." This point is exemplified by the first s...
of Brown. It is essentially natural worshipping, however, with many different types of people coming together in a more ritualisti...
this day, of course, will differ from all others. What makes this a significant day in Miss Brills life is that she is about to be...
reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...
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...
In a paper consisting of four pages character conflicts as they exist in this short story are considered and through an examinatio...
In four pages the ways in which conflict functions in these short stories are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in ...
In five pages this research paper analyzes Welty's popular short story with the emphasis upon family eccentricities and the post m...
son, but upon closer examination he realizes the woman is not as old as he first thought, and Sonny is her husband. In fact, the w...
In seven pages this short story by Washington Irving is critically analyzed. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....
This paper discusses how American Romanticism is represented in 'Rip Van Winkle,' a short story by Washington Irving in three page...
In four pages this paper analyzes the inner struggles of Lengel by adopting his perspective in an examination of John Updike's sho...
the "ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies" (Poe 24). This seems to indicate a dark illusion tha...
In two pages this play and short story by Susan Glaspell are contrasted and compared in terms of themes and characterization. The...
In five pages this paper examines how isolation is interwoven into the short stories featured in Sherwood Anderson's 1919 collecti...