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the heart that beats in agony". A more plausible accolade of the rose, however, is found in the oldest known Chinese Book of Medi...

of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...

for the best. Soon, however, a sudden sense of calm overcomes her as she whispers "free, free, free" (Chopin PG). Mrs. Mal...

the late 19th and early 20th century, these countries had amassed a great deal of wealth through technology. Not only were factori...

he will bring the excitement back into her life. When she gives him a cutting from her prized mums to give to another woman (its a...

is also presented in a manner that makes the reader see what a sad and lonely life she has likely led. This is generally inferred ...

flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...

of the story escalates the tension that is associated with this part of the narrative. There is considerable irony in the attitu...

the backcountry, where the weather gets very dry and then, pass on any of their costs to customers instead of holding the company ...

expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...

late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...

literary criticism entitled, The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction, Judith Fetterley described "A Rose for...

- into a "setting conducive to unrest and fears" (Fisher 75). The narrator reveals that his grief over his wife Ligeias death pro...

great deal of literature there is a foundation that is laid in relationship to a community. The community is a part of the setting...

While this may be one way of looking at the story, and the character of Emily, it seems to lack strength in light of the fact that...

particularly with the theme of human vanity and the transience of life." The student also notes that there is a sense of wealth se...

later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...

men, and it was known that he drank with the younger men in the Elks Club--that he was not a marrying man" (Faulkner). This can be...

All five opposed King Richard III and, at various times, were personally accused of treason by Richard. Chapter 2 gives a brief in...

of people. Buffet really does not use any specific strategies to maintain his status and influence. He doesnt have to. It is re...

they sneak away; here the reference is to an angry and implacable god who is ready to strike down those who disobey. The second r...

she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...

and taken blood from both. He tries to convince her that to give in to him, to give him herself, has been ultimately blessed by th...

of four lines known as quatrains, and each stanza comprised of alternating iambs or an unstressed syllable immediately followed by...

-- could be guaranteed. Then Sethes mother had to return to the fields, and Sethe would be nursed -- insufficiently -- by the whit...

In seven pages th is paper discusses how exile is thematically developed in such multicultural writings as Goodbyes by Pablo Nerud...

(without excluding the importance of the past), where everything is not spelled out neatly for the reader. The reader must interp...

In five pages this paper presents an overview of the black family in a consideration of community identity of the individual, gend...