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at the center of the town square, and to emphasize its importance, the narrator notes, "The villagers kept their distance" (Jackso...

appeared to have a definite problem in separating fact from fantasy -- and a patent refusal to accept national transformations (su...

terms, the trancendentalist is occupied with the natural over the synthetic. He uses vivid images in his explanation of what natu...

In five pages this paper discusses how Poe expertly employed satire in a mocking of romantic conventions in 'The Spectacles' short...

In six pages this paper discusses the symbolism of the cask that appears throughout Edgar Allan Poe's compelling short story. Eig...

and isolation intensifies, and suffers what Professor Rita K. Gollin refers to as "the penalties of isolation (Nathaniel Hawthorne...

by which to vent their anger, which can translate into juvenile delinquency. It is important for the student to realize that aggr...

In five pages this paper discusses Edgar Allan Poe's writing style in this analysis of his 'The Tell Tale Heart' short story. The...

in the story where a judgment is made concerning the validity of revenge. The argument is made that a killing will not restore ...

Princess. Brenda is both wealthy and domineering. Certainly one sees the two as inextricable. However, if Brenda were a poor Jew, ...

In five pages this paper analyzes the short story by Stephen King in terms of character, setting, theme, and point of view. There...

and fascinates her. The wallpaper is described as having "sprawling flamboyant patterns" that commit "every artistic sin" (13) co...

In eight pages this paper examines how a child's later behavior is influenced by parental attachment during infancy. Seven source...

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of perspective, setting, tone, style, and symbolism. Seven sources are cited ...

new life are fearful of such change, choosing to live the life they are accustomed to instead. Eveline is a woman who has dreams a...

turn something seemingly worthless into a treasure. A quilt being symbolically assembled throughout the story reflects how societ...

matters into his own hands, a reality perhaps perceived by the oracle. He believes the predictions of the witches, and thinks that...

the other until, in the end, exhaustion overcomes it. We see this not only in Maggie herself, but in Skipper and Brick, and the in...

distance, an unclear picture is present. It is this vision of the mistress that the narrator begins to imagine must be of some fan...

attention of the white community and gets him an invitation to deliver the speech at a gathering of the towns leading white citize...

close, as truly intimate with his wife as he is with this group of friends. Nick does not run away from his responsibility, but th...

Oscar often refers to "filthy lucre" (Lawrence 922). His mother explains that luck is "what causes you to have money. If youre l...

according to her relationship to a male, Joyce subtly points to the gender hierarchy that was prevalent throughout the nineteenth ...

of his contemporaries, [Poe] refused to soften or idealize mortality and kept its essential horror in view But what is the "essen...

to try heroin in the first place. To him it must equate with a death wish. The irrationality of Sonnys habit is quite evident at t...

OConnors most controversial and problematic short stories (Clark 66). There are really only two characters in this story-the grand...

In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...

was a message for his people, and for the reader as well. What did the black veil symbolize? The story ends as follows: " The gras...

In six pages this paper examines how intent and meaning are enhanced by literary symbolism and settings in Eudora Welty's short st...

In five pages this research paper presents a character analysis of the brothers featured in this short story by James Baldwin. Fi...