Essays 151 - 180
Cervantes "rather formulaic" descriptions of Italian cities were "perfectly in tune with the rhetorical canons of the time" (Cerva...
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...
tells the reader that whatever happened to the occupants occurred recently, as obviously the house still has electricity. The per...
This essay focuses on three works of John Updike, which are his novel A Month of Sundays and his short stories "Wildlife" and "Far...
This essay pertains to the literary features of this short story, focusing on its plot and symbols as the writer describes how the...
This essay presents an overview of Donald Barthelme's "The School," Zitkala-Sa's "The School Days of an Indian Girl," and Toni Mor...
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...
attention of the white community and gets him an invitation to deliver the speech at a gathering of the towns leading white citize...
of the situation inside the house. He relates that "Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-wor...
a strong and masculine man, though perhaps not too intelligent, or so Ichabod thinks. One night at a party people are telling s...
In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...
according to her relationship to a male, Joyce subtly points to the gender hierarchy that was prevalent throughout the nineteenth ...
determine the dramatic strengths and weaknesses of one version compared to another. The movie This is a "coming of age" story and...
Iin a paper consisting of six pages this essay discusses the short story in terms of how it reflects the author's own life. There...
In five pages this essay discusses the supernatural and psychological narratives that are featured in Poe's short story 'The Black...
In five pages this essay analyzes the short story in order to determine that it is an example of feminist literature. Three sourc...
In five pages this essay considers the narrative action and the main theme's implications within the context of the short story. ...
in the story where a judgment is made concerning the validity of revenge. The argument is made that a killing will not restore ...
In six pages this essay presents a modernist interpretation of this short story by Katherine Mansfield. Three sources are cited i...
This paper compare these James Joyce and John Updike short stories in an analytical essay consisting of five apges. There are no ...
In two pages this essay compares these short stories in terms of symbolism, theme, and imagery. There are no other sources listed...
An essay of 5 pages that considers the worldview of Christian writer James W. Sire. After defining the worldviews of Existentiali...
In five pages this essay provides a character analysis of Gregor as featured in Kafka's short story. Three sources are cited in t...
This is a book review consisting of 5 pages that considers the collective work of short stories and essays and how the works stead...
In five pages this essay analyzes James Joyce's short story and the meaning of 'dead' within the characterization of Gabriel. The...
Iin four pages this combination research paper and essay discusses the critical thematic interpretation of this famous short story...
the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). But beyond this bitterness, ...
which is considered to be one of his best (Jack London). The 1902 juvenile version As London intended this version of the story f...
mind. For example, the "flowers" of Edo is a term that refers to the citys tendency to have many fires. Within this reality frame...