Essays 871 - 900
the most frightening short stories ever written. Jackson begins with a description of a gorgeous summer day and subtly weaves a we...
out of the ordinary that they are shocking (Updike). (And yes, there really is an A&P-the abbreviation is short for the Great Atla...
she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...
view" refers to whos telling the story, and it can be crucial to a readers understanding. This paper compares the point of view in...
whom he ultimately has no sympathy for, indicating very strongly that the character of Nawab knows that people make their own choi...
glimpse of life in the South 15 years after the end of the Civil War. This paper is a close reading and interpretation of the end ...
comprise Tim OBriens celebrated collection, The Things They Carried. OBrien was himself a "grunt" in Vietnam, and his view of the ...
shadow of a doorway, looking just like Sonny ... Then I saw that it wasnt Sonny, but somebody we used to know, a boy from around o...
extensively from both the perspective of the unsighted as one who fails to see the beauty of the world around him to the sightless...
In five pages this paper examines how short stories depict love in terms of similarities and differences found in Susan Minot's 'L...
The feminist rewriting of fairytales as reflected in this short story by Angela Carter is considered in a paper consisting of five...
In a paper consisting of five pages this short story is considered in terms of its message, style, symbolism, and power struggle c...
at the center of the town square, and to emphasize its importance, the narrator notes, "The villagers kept their distance" (Jackso...
In seven pages Poe's works are analyzed within the context of his short stories 'The Tell Tale Heart' and 'The Fall of the House o...
appeared to have a definite problem in separating fact from fantasy -- and a patent refusal to accept national transformations (su...
In five pages this undestated bookkeeper character is analyzed in terms of his importance to Carver's short story. Five sources a...
The ways in which Faulkner portrays the themes of death and love in these two short stories are considered in five pages. There a...
In five pages a psychological analysis of John Steinbeck's short story includes the flowers' symbolism and the depression of Elisa...
In six pages the emotional undercurrent that pervades this horrific short story by Edgar Allan Poe is examined. Three sources are...
These short stories are contrasted and compared in six pages with characters, themes, and endings analyzed. Six sources are cited...
is assumed that the narrator is offering a truthful representation, but the readers are expected to often "read between the lines"...
In twelve pages the many twists and turns Poe incorporated into this horrifying and entertaining short story are examined. Ten so...
In five pages this paper examines how Poe employed satirical humor regarding art and science in this famous short story. Five sou...
In five pages this paper discusses the themes of life and death evoked by Jack London in his short story 'To Build a Fire.' Four ...
innocently wanted to be a part of the mainstream, he found that in a little shore town, he could not shake his class position. T...
In seven pages a biography of Hemingway is included in this short story analysis. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography....
In 5 pages this paper examines how the protagonist planned to die with dignity in Katherine Anne Porter's 1939 short story. There...
In five pages the ways in which allegory is used by the author in this short story are discussed. Two sources are cited in the bi...
structure" leaving "means neither of ingress or egress" (799). David R. Dudley states: "The Masque of the Red Death is a vanita...
This paper addresses Faulkner's various literary techniques, such as setting, theme, and characterization, in his short story, Bar...