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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...

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

a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...

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

of death, while the Mourning Dove reminds one of the mourners at ones funeral. This also sets the tone for the frame of mind that ...

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...

living with Emily, which is certainly not proper but the town accepts this because there is sympathy for Emily who is a sad and lo...

the weight,/ the weight we carry/ is love" (Ginsberg 1-9). In this poem we do not necessarily see love as an uplifting real...

both married before their husbands had died and left them widows. In the first section of the story, Wharton gives background prof...

talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...

standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint ...

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

In eight pages these three short stories are considered in terms of summary and analysis of themes. Ten sources are cited in the ...

era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...

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

These short stories are contrasted and compared in six pages with characters, themes, and endings analyzed. Six sources are cited...

In five pages this paper discusses the themes of life and death evoked by Jack London in his short story 'To Build a Fire.' Four ...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how Poe develops these themes in his short stories 'Fall of the House of Usher' an...

In five pages this paper examines the symbolism, theme, and imagery featured in John Steinbeck's short story 'The Chrysanthemums.'...

The ways in which Faulkner portrays the themes of death and love in these two short stories are considered in five pages. There a...

been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad?" (Poe [3]). In this the reader is immediately told that the narrator is mad becau...

but will not be arriving soon. The wife, existing in a space with her children, is happy for this news for she and her children ar...

nothing of pleasantry or peace. The windows seem as though they are "vacant," and "eye-like" and the narrator continues in this ...

the skill they once had, but rather their passion for that subject matter. For example, an opera singer such as Leoni may well hav...

reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...

This paper provides an analysis of this short story in terms of theme, symbolism, and character development. This four page paper ...

inner most desire is that God would "notice and...talk to him also" as he did to men in the Old Testament (55). Bentley comes to s...

the glory when the farming goes well. Of course, this bitterness is something felt by most housewives of an earlier generation and...

or perhaps the ability to appreciate the verse even if they do not recognize the poet. His insecurity also shows in that this judg...

right in their eyes for one who has died. They paint his face, sprinkle corn meal and pollen, and thus give him a very fitting wra...