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

gently as possible the news of her husbands death" (Chopin). In these two simple descriptions it is very evident that the women ar...

grandson. It is clear that she has done this many times before. At some point in the past, several years ago at least, the boy acc...

a future where she could do as she pleased, without the burden of a husband. She was not imagining a life where she lived wildly, ...

in men. Her daughter had died in childhood and with her one son she had no articulate relations. On the night when she died she wa...

In three pages Flannery O'Connor's story is examined with the consideration of a certain passage that utilizes language and active...

word "turned" is extremely significant because this "suggests that the story will also be about a turning," an ongoing process of ...

age when a womans reputation was crucial to her welfare and future) on the slim chance that she can free herself from subservience...

by Robert Altman of the same name. Many believe that this collection of short stories is an example of Carvers writings when he w...

In six pages this paper examines how Hemingway's rather condescending attitudes and low opinion of women are reflected in his shor...

In six pages this paper examines the depiction of heroes in the short stories 'Hills Like White Elephants,' 'Soldier's Home,' and ...

This paper analyzes Ernest Hemingway's short story, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. The author addresses narrative voic...

for her money, but resents her for the power it has given her and the lack of ambition he himself embraces. He feels he has paid ...

with the famous line: "None of them knew the color of the sky" (PG). The introduction is chilling. Why would no one know the color...

In five pages this paper examines how social and religious values collide in a contrast and comparison of the short stories 'The S...

In eleven pages Lee K. Abbott's quirky exploration of human nature in the short stories collection Living After Midnight is examin...

In five pages Gary Soto's humorous memoir about his difficult life experiences without bitterness is the focus of this essay. One...

In six pages this paper compares this short story's major themes with the life of Kate Chopin. Nine sources are cited in the bibl...

In five pages this paper examines the Victorian time period that shaped the life and writings of Kate Chopin and analyzes the femi...

"what the character thinks the truth is, as revealed in speech or action, and what an audience or reader knows the truth to be." ...

In five pages the short stories 'The Catbird Seat' and 'The Unicorn in the Garden' by James Thurber and 'Hihlls Like White Elephan...

quality, and that is indeed the way she first appears. However we will soon see that she has many qualities, which add to her str...

did something after it was over. The fact that he did not help is an idea that plagues him and so one can go on to look at more me...

The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...

be raised by her sister and brother-in-law. However, Remedios warns her against this course of action, saying that, in the north, ...

it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribut...

The misconception, here, is that because the old man does not look normal that he must not be human and therefore, they can treat...

the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...

"dances" out to the fig trees each day to check on their ripeness (Ripe Figs). When she finds them to be "little hard, green marb...

In ten pages this research paper compares Crane's short story to the author's own actual experience following the Commodore sinkin...