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Essays 61 - 90
In five pages the grotesque is analyzed within the context of Faulkner's short story 'A Rose for Emily' and O'Connor's short story...
A seemingly reliable third-person narrator tells these stories. In "Luck," a clergyman tells Mr. Clemens about a revered Crimean ...
33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...
was arrested by the cultural revolutionary forces and tortured for several months (Zhang 14). Otherwise, there was "usually enough...
rather read about romance and adventure, read the work of Stendhal, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Tolstoy, Flaubert and Proust, rather than ...
may be in similar situations as I have myself been subjected to. "I should start by telling you my name. My name is Beatrice McK...
In six pages this short story considers the author's diagnosis for what is ailing the Caribbean culture and how it can be cured as...
Short story success is based on a variety of factors, and this paper examines those elements. For example, the use of surprise an...
This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...
circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...
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...
later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...
see some good in forced change such as this narrator suggests, and initiates. She simply feels impersonal and as though she is n...
In five pages the representation of the author in this short story is considered with an analysis of the story's plot, setting, ch...
In five pages the literary style in this short story is analyzed in terms of the story's direct and indirect evidence, deductive o...
1997). She attributes the warnings to some sort of liberal conspiracy: "I believe those Republicans who think that theres been a c...
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 ...
that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social stat...
marriage" distorts the meaning of the sentence "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that [in marriage]" (Seshachari 115)...
being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...
word "turned" is extremely significant because this "suggests that the story will also be about a turning," an ongoing process of ...
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 ...
This paper analyzes Ernest Hemingway's short story, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. The author addresses narrative voic...
In six pages this paper examines the depiction of heroes in the short stories 'Hills Like White Elephants,' 'Soldier's Home,' and ...
age when a womans reputation was crucial to her welfare and future) on the slim chance that she can free herself from subservience...
by Robert Altman of the same name. Many believe that this collection of short stories is an example of Carvers writings when he w...
In six pages this paper examines how Hemingway's rather condescending attitudes and low opinion of women are reflected in his shor...
The protagonist's intelligence as perceived by the reader draws conclusions about Sammy's actions in this paper containing five pa...
In ten pages 5 short stories from the collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes are analyzed in terms of the literary techniques emplo...
Tony Hillerman's collection of stories are discussed in an analysis of historical detail with 'The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo' b...