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tales. While "The Oval Portrait" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are distinctive in setting they share certain simil...

"girl" in reference to this female, a choice which would appear to indicate that she is somewhat younger than her companion yet He...

thinks the woman will die. Arsat is very sad and while he waits out the long night he begins to tell his friend about how he came ...

which is clearly understandable, yet she has not used her intelligence to rise above it all and find truth. She cannot exhibit kin...

where responses were made, which in turn may also be seen to have cross overs with gospel music. The aspect in which blues...

death(The Death/synopsis). He simply lived his life like most people do: work, family, community. There was nothing else. Or was t...

generation, perceiving life and important family relationships very differently. They do not come from the same position, in terms...

appearance, her style, and her young sexuality. She plays with it in a very dangerous manner that she is completely unaware of for...

clear that there are some very mysterious things taking place within the story. We note this first in the presence of the house wh...

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

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...

sack of flour, no gunpowder, or leather, or cloth, or iron tools" (Cather). He would see, "Not a letter, even -- no news of what w...

do that. Dave needs to understand himself well enough to determine that it is actually he who is flawed, and not society....

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...

with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...

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

In five pages this paper examines how Houston promotes drama and literature through theater and writers groups and considers their...

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 ...

human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...

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...

Her Peers"). The Women The primary women, as a whole, present us with knowledgeable and observant women who quickly discover w...

can see that the Hills, which the man remarks are like White Elephants, "refer to the shape of the belly of a pregnant woman, and ...

that "The Cask of Amontillado" centers more around the theme of revenge than do any of Poes gruesome works. "The Cask of Amontill...

he presents. There is pain and violence and death in Hemingways world, and he struggles to show his readers this aspect of life....