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above her on the social ladder, Sophy accepts him when he proposes marriage. She marries, not from love, but more from a standpoin...

as "tiny jewels glowing behind the cover," which weave a "tapestry of transformed lives." This point is exemplified by the first s...

by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...

barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...

and monitoring others. He does not merely sit back in his office, but likes to possess the power that can make the young boys crin...

a grandfather is made clear as soon as Robert ushers Mr. Winfield into the car. Wiinfields granddaughter, Sheila, greets him. With...

an ever-present element in "The Cask of Amontillado", Poe manages to keep it just below the surface of the plot until that final ...

and their three children. Hearing of the escape of a dangerous Florida killer known only as The Misfit and his band of thugs prov...

connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...

reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...

wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...

each. An allegory, while closely associated with symbols or symbolism, is a unique literary element in that everything within the...

of Brown. It is essentially natural worshipping, however, with many different types of people coming together in a more ritualisti...

there is the suggestion that Elsie is a good mother. OHara writes that the "only thing," that Elsie "held against" her children, i...

he used to own and wear while he was working. The fact that Tom wore a tuxedo while performing suggests that he played at the best...

this day, of course, will differ from all others. What makes this a significant day in Miss Brills life is that she is about to be...

of the idea of adopting a Native baby than is her husband, who "grimaces briefly then smiles" (Alexie). The question arises, why w...

what to plant and where, and so forth, comprehensively covering the major areas of a womans life. Thrown into this long rambling...

She is dismissive about feeling hurt or jealous that she was little more than another notch on Tims belt. For this young girl, se...

was not a matter of live or die. There was no real peril. Almost certainly the young man would have passed by. And it will alwa...

the last thing he says is "My boots are filling" and hes gone (Erdrich). Lyman jumps in and searches for him until the sun sets, b...

ways that any change would be impossible for her. But when Mary Grace whispers her venomous insult, the message strikes home and R...

In the OConnor story, a family comprised of a husband and wife, their two children and the husbands mother take a road trip. Altho...

deathly lit environment gives the mention of rose a very sad and lonely tone. While people may, at first, immediately think the ...

short story A Good Man is Hard to Find is a horrific narrative of delusion, lies and mass murder. It is also anthologized constant...

story that provide real insight into human motivation in the space of a very few words. This paper analyses the story. Discussion ...

as having "fungi" overspreading "the whole exterior," hanging "in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves" (Poe "Fall"). As this su...

reader/writer felt to be intriguing and important. The student requesting this essay may feel differently but the story of his fat...

at times the exact opposite of what is being said. The once well-known short stories of O. Henry are masterpieces of irony: in one...

movement in Japan, which became prominent in the 1920s focused on the "prewar, bourgeois cultural phenomenon that devoted itself t...