Essays 361 - 390
was not until 1624 and the publication of Smiths The Generall Historie of Virginia...&c., that Smith told the story that "as man...
rather read about romance and adventure, read the work of Stendhal, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Tolstoy, Flaubert and Proust, rather than ...
that he too is a man like Stoksie, but the reference to Stoksies children again reveals his immaturity. Referring to the babies in...
period of blissful co-existence between gods and humans, when differences were few. A utopian time of eternal springtime, people ...
socialism (Stone 14). The story is one that shows the societal structure and the flaws of the bourgeoisie and the reasons behind...
Sammys gift is his "assertion of principle": "His Queenie has been wronged, and he will stand by her" (Wells). Wells points out th...
a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...
(Melville The Piazza). In this one sees that the narrator values her life perhaps, but not his own, while she values much. This na...
Each morning he waits for her to leave for school, then follows her, passing her at the point where their paths diverge, where the...
this right away. The author begins by writing: "At first, it appears that Paul is, perhaps, simply filled with the arrogance that ...
of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...
always been in Raleighs room, presumably, but he had never noticed it, hidden as it was behind a chest of drawers, until he was te...
fa?ade of the townspeople and the reality of their participation with "evil" in the forest. It is common to interpret the narrati...
it out, a four hour task, earlier that day and the relief it brought had been so immense he had treated himself to a slice of rye ...
constant throughout history. The Prologue features the much-married Dame Alice, who is a shrewd manipulator of men who unabashed...
through several short stories, including those of his victims and their families. In the novel we meet the Dew Breaker later in ...
contrast in each of these dualistic aspects of the setting reflects the dichotomous void that exists between the two central chara...
one of the oldest and proudest in Louisiana" (Chopin 148). Chopin also establishes that he was born in France and that his mother ...
he runs the docks. The same thing applies in the other cases. The priest, Father Barry (Karl Malden) wants to save the souls of ...
in 1892, tells the story of a woman who is diagnosed with a psychological disorder and is subjected to the prevailing treatments o...
this, Samsas preeminent concern is how he will explain this difficult matter to his boss, if he is in fact even able to get to wor...
This essay looks at "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and presents the argument that this story presents a critique of Southe...
This 6 page paper is an analysis of the short story by Camus called The Guest. This paper gives a summary of the story as well as ...
This 4 page paper gives an overview of the stories Good Country People and A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O'Connor. This ...
This report identifies and discusses different sources for Noah and the Flood. There were four much older stories of such a flood ...
This 6 page paper gives an analysis of the story the Yellow Wallpaper. This paper includes comparisons from Gillman's own life a...
This 3 page paper gives an overview of the two stories Antigone and A Jury of Her Peers and the relationships between the women in...
The short story is Sister Flowers. This essay describes highlights in the story. There is one souorce listed in the bibliography o...
The writer looks at how sporty telling occurred when an organization faces change, and the way that the stories may impact on the...
This essay describes how Kate Chopin, a nineteenth century female author ahead of her time, utilized imagery in writing the "Desir...