YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Five Short Stories an Analysis
Essays 871 - 900
Each story is quite solidly set in their culture. In Hawthornes the narrator states, "Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset int...
as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...
In the examination of the house she realizes that "during all those years she had never found out the name of the priest whose yel...
books. They always had a good time, and the bad boys had the broken legs; but in his case there was a screw loose somewhere; and i...
In a research study on the factors which lead to acts of revenge, University of Arkansas psychologists tested a number of voluntee...
to be dealing with the religious beliefs that he held and those he was questioning at the time. When Young Goodman Brown...
Stone Face, Ernest, a small boy growing up in the village learns of a prophecy concerning one who will live among them and will be...
grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...
banks of a "black and lurid tarn" (Poe Usher). As the narrator in both stories is fully aware of who he is, he never bothers to in...
the line, asking if he can remain there till the storm passes. "He expressed an intention to remain outside, but it was soon ap...
features suggest, Miss Moore, first of all, does not try to change her appearance to meet white standards, hence, her hair is "nap...
an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...
to save her family. Perhaps she can convince him not to kill anyone, but instead, she only pleads for her own life without much re...
at the same time he is not successful, such as the relationship with his grandfather and a wife. In terms of three specific events...
is on its way, OConnor emphasizes that the grandmother is totally lacking in any sort of sympathetic or empathetic feeling. The ...
being. But, she is a fighter it seems, represented by the fact that she has many missing teeth due to struggles with the white man...
clearly shows how the concept of love differs between people, regardless of gender. "There was a time when I thought I loved my ...
a young woman who feels that beauty and frivolity are the most important things in life. She does not see that life is not as simp...
tales. While "The Oval Portrait" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are distinctive in setting they share certain simil...
some of the local women, but he does not follow through on this desires because - above all else - he wishes to avoid consequences...
standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint ...
own enlightenment. Joy/Hulga has actively chosen to be pessimistic about life and about people. She is bitter and angry, which ...
reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...
lost. This brings us to one of the differences in the story, yet it also involves a similarity. With Mabel we have a woman who ...
the characters talk and interact creates a very different setting for the story. It also limits how we envision the story that unf...
of his own family history." At this point the critic moves into examining the history of Hawthornes ancestors and the developme...
both married before their husbands had died and left them widows. In the first section of the story, Wharton gives background prof...
this point, the determined Mrs. Mooney obtains a separation from her husband, gains control of her remaining inheritance, custody ...
Like White Elephants" we have a man and a woman, although the characters are an American Man and a Girl, wherein the man is seemi...
her training in society was different, for her focus was on religion and the proper way things should be done. While the mother in...