Essays 631 - 660
walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to w...
ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...
says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...
time reader knows the story may move on logically from her death to another consecutive event. However, after a couple of paragr...
wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...
each. An allegory, while closely associated with symbols or symbolism, is a unique literary element in that everything within the...
events because one parent or the other couldnt take them there. Most of all it would mean that there would be a constant tug of w...
of the idea of adopting a Native baby than is her husband, who "grimaces briefly then smiles" (Alexie). The question arises, why w...
She is dismissive about feeling hurt or jealous that she was little more than another notch on Tims belt. For this young girl, se...
the last thing he says is "My boots are filling" and hes gone (Erdrich). Lyman jumps in and searches for him until the sun sets, b...
In the OConnor story, a family comprised of a husband and wife, their two children and the husbands mother take a road trip. Altho...
was not a matter of live or die. There was no real peril. Almost certainly the young man would have passed by. And it will alwa...
ways that any change would be impossible for her. But when Mary Grace whispers her venomous insult, the message strikes home and R...
deathly lit environment gives the mention of rose a very sad and lonely tone. While people may, at first, immediately think the ...
short story A Good Man is Hard to Find is a horrific narrative of delusion, lies and mass murder. It is also anthologized constant...
story that provide real insight into human motivation in the space of a very few words. This paper analyses the story. Discussion ...
a coveted prize! However, the prize is anything but coveted. The Lottery begins in a simple community, a little town that ...
at the same time he is not successful, such as the relationship with his grandfather and a wife. In terms of three specific events...
after all, they are completely covered, even if they are pushing the limits The second ironical situation is Sammys resignation. ...
subtle and strong ways. It is something that connects the two, and means something to the two of them. It is a material object, an...
visit is an old school friend of the son and daughter. In the play there is a similar sense of expectation involving this man as T...
In her story Let them call it jazz, Rhys "assumes the personality of Selina, a black West Indian in London, whose struggles parall...
decided to travel back in time and mercifully ease Newtons burdens with a state-of-the art nuclear powered calculator that will ef...
pleasure he has enjoyed is a violation of his rights" (Walker). As a man he is ignorantly assuming that he has the right to have s...
was much different.) There are other aspects to the mum that remind us of Kin. First, a flower of any kind is beautiful, but pra...
testify, to lie for his father he can "smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief, the old fierce p...
and indeed she is the most likeable person in the story, because she is the one who solves the mystery and suggests its resolution...
to do with self-preservation. We know that the house stands next to their playground, and that it is the only structure left stan...
has ultimately nothing to do with emotions. Although Mel is obviously a learned man, and a doctor and perhaps arrogant to some ext...
really did what he wanted to do. As one critic notes, he is "a disillusioned writer" (Arthur). But, in reality he is far more than...