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room do not hear, the "hypocritical smiles" that are not there. He screams and tells them the heart is under the planks. He believ...

agendas with propaganda and information misrepresentation reportedly in the name of national security. In this story, the governm...

contrast in each of these dualistic aspects of the setting reflects the dichotomous void that exists between the two central chara...

when it overwhelms everything, even the narrator who is trying to avoid being caught. Perhaps the most hideous thing about the sto...

in the Broadway Journal (Magistrale 81). Steeped in Gothic tradition, the theme involves one mans descent into total madness, whi...

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...

inclusionary housings value to the local community. New Construction and Revitalization In their introduction to Presence: ...

does he reach in and grab the insect and hand it to her. She is delighted and states it is not a grasshopper but a bell cricket, o...

OConnors characterization of Joy/Hulga carefully builds up an image of a woman who has been very badly scarred by life, both physi...

she imagines that she is able to rub "the life back into the dim little eyes" (Mansfield 176). On one level, Miss Brill realizes t...

cultures," and is always a figure of evil (Champion). Delia is busy working, when she is frightened out of her wits: "Just then so...

marriage" distorts the meaning of the sentence "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that [in marriage]" (Seshachari 115)...

This paper examines the issue of gender in Le Guin's short story, Sur. The author discusses gender roles, symbolism, and thematic...

are pure creatures and seeing them run or even trot, or perhaps even exist, makes this young man incredibly happy and content. The...

asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...

(Coale 43). In the story, the newlywed Brown leaves Faith, his bride of three months, to take a walk into a forest that no decent...

her we see this as representative of the Devil, but the Devil will, as Delia suggested, is going to make sure Sykes got what was c...

Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...

it right in front of him. However, in The Birthmark we are also introduced to the character of Aminidad, who...

"girl" in reference to this female, a choice which would appear to indicate that she is somewhat younger than her companion yet He...

thinks the woman will die. Arsat is very sad and while he waits out the long night he begins to tell his friend about how he came ...

to convince her that having the abortion is no big deal. PATTERN OF SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH MODERN WORLD It is an interesti...

that if they go to Florida, where it has been rumored that there is an escaped murderer loose, they will all be killed. The family...

BODY "I Stand Here Ironing" relates the several facts which are pertinent...

with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...

his own parent/child relationship. Not coincidentally, Frankenstein labors "for nine months... to complete his experiment" (Riche...

him to the hospital. After a short while on the road they stop for coffee, then later, they stop for pancakes. All the while their...

of symbolism can be seen in Melvilles "great white whale in Moby Dick; Dantes journey into the underworld in The Inferno" and many...

the world of all evil by silencing any voice of dissention. This short story clearly illustrates the idea that evil is in the doin...

an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...