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Essays 121 - 150
that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social stat...
she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...
the bank while there is a line of people waiting for service, but rather than agree with a fellow human being, he is caustic and s...
1997). She attributes the warnings to some sort of liberal conspiracy: "I believe those Republicans who think that theres been a c...
This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...
every night to a battlefield" (Cheever 73). Later in the story, at a party, Weed recognizes the maid serving canap?s, as a woman...
see some good in forced change such as this narrator suggests, and initiates. She simply feels impersonal and as though she is n...
later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...
being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...
marriage" distorts the meaning of the sentence "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that [in marriage]" (Seshachari 115)...
In a paper consisting of 5 pages the ways in which suburban conformity are condemned are examined in a character analysis of Franc...
word "turned" is extremely significant because this "suggests that the story will also be about a turning," an ongoing process of ...
in their fathers footsteps. Like Jesus, John began preaching at the age of 30 (Catholic Online, 2007). His location was the banks...
for her money, but resents her for the power it has given her and the lack of ambition he himself embraces. He feels he has paid ...
by Robert Altman of the same name. Many believe that this collection of short stories is an example of Carvers writings when he w...
age when a womans reputation was crucial to her welfare and future) on the slim chance that she can free herself from subservience...
In six pages this paper examines the depiction of heroes in the short stories 'Hills Like White Elephants,' 'Soldier's Home,' and ...
A 6 page essay that discusses Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," which continues to capture and fasci...
In six pages this paper examines how Hemingway's rather condescending attitudes and low opinion of women are reflected in his shor...
character. Looking at both works shows belies Martin Kearneys arguments and demonstrates that Joyce had an altogether different po...
In six pages this paper compares this short story's major themes with the life of Kate Chopin. Nine sources are cited in the bibl...
for an hour, thinking about her past, her relationship, and her future. As she ponders she begins to really experience a sense of ...
earlier life to the "unguessable country of marriage" (7). As the reader continues, though, it becomes evident that the hope sh...
the change from their boring and traditional lives as parents and spouses. They are independent creatures in a society that does n...
assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...
with the famous line: "None of them knew the color of the sky" (PG). The introduction is chilling. Why would no one know the color...
In five pages the symbolism featured in this 1987 short stories' collection is analyzed. Three sources are cited in the bibliogra...
In 5 pages this paper examines the short story's structure in terms of building the suspenseful foreboding and the plot that contr...
In five pages this paper examines how social and religious values collide in a contrast and comparison of the short stories 'The S...
In thirteen pages this paper examines the short stories' complication of Dubliners by James Joyce in an overview of plot, characte...