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Comparing the Real Story of Pocahontas to the Disney Cartoon Interpretation

was not until 1624 and the publication of Smiths The Generall Historie of Virginia...&c., that Smith told the story that "as man...

Abortion and 'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway

they write: attempting to arrive at some truth about a topic. In Hemingways case, a good argument can be made for his attempt to u...

Chivalry, Character, Hunting, and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

monstrous Green Knight after having already shown that he is unmarred when his own head is cut off (Norton 218). There is a great ...

'Good' and 'Bad' Tradition in 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...

Amy Tan's Short Story 'Two Kinds'

pick the right kind of prodigy" (Tan 53). Her mother tried different roles on Jing-mei to see which would fit. At first, she tried...

'Trial by Combat' by Shirley Jackson

In five pages this short story examines the theme of identity within the context of this short story. Four sources are cited in t...

Odysseus Compared with Genesis' Jacob

son of Odysseus, wearing a disguise and instills in him the courage to challenge the suitors of his mother. Additionally Athena pe...

Canadian Storyteller Thomas King

a story about Jimmy who runs the store near Two Bridges, or the one about Billy Frank and the dead-river pig, but Napiao assures t...

Sammy Grows Up in the “A&P”

that he too is a man like Stoksie, but the reference to Stoksies children again reveals his immaturity. Referring to the babies in...

Greek Mythology, Hesiod’s Five Ages of Man, and the Story of Zeus and Other Olympic Deities

period of blissful co-existence between gods and humans, when differences were few. A utopian time of eternal springtime, people ...

The Story of the Stone by Cao Xuegin, The True Story of Ah Q by Lu Hsun, Diary of a Madman by Lu Xun and Raise the Red Lantern

socialism (Stone 14). The story is one that shows the societal structure and the flaws of the bourgeoisie and the reasons behind...

Literary Analysis: “Dubliners” by James Joyce

Each morning he waits for her to leave for school, then follows her, passing her at the point where their paths diverge, where the...

Willa Cather's Paul's Case (Analysis)

this right away. The author begins by writing: "At first, it appears that Paul is, perhaps, simply filled with the arrogance that ...

A Clean Well-Lighted Place by Hemingway

conversation between the bartenders as they speak of how he had tried to commit suicide. The older bartender indicates that it mus...

Herman Melville’s Piazza Tales

(Melville The Piazza). In this one sees that the narrator values her life perhaps, but not his own, while she values much. This na...

Literary Themes

a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...

Detailed Analysis of Kate Chopin’s Short Story, ‘Desiree’s Baby’

of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...

Short Fiction Characterization

humanity. The action is the medium by which the man learns, but it is the learning that makes the story fundamentally interesting....

2 Narratives on the Latina Experience

be raised by her sister and brother-in-law. However, Remedios warns her against this course of action, saying that, in the north, ...

A Comparison of 'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan and 'First Confessions' by Frank O'Connor

structure. "First Confession" recounts the events of a brief period in Jackies life. Therefore, Jackies perspective does not alter...

Dramatic Irony in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado'

it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribut...

Things Fall Apart by Achebe and Heart of Darkness by Conrad

with this great solitude" (73). Kurtz allows all of his most primitive desires to run rampant. The experience of being away from a...

Compare and Contrast: Welty's Why I Live at the P.O. and Walker's Everyday Use

been. She is flighty. She moved out of the family home early, as soon as she began college, but Maggie is still living at home. Wh...

Alienation Theme in 'The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The misconception, here, is that because the old man does not look normal that he must not be human and therefore, they can treat...

The Short Stories of Angela Carter

tale: "The stories include The Courtship of Mr. Lyon,] a fairly straightforward interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, which is a...

Poe and The Masque of the Red Death

decline, from onset to death, takes but "half an hour" (Poe). In the face of this overwhelming specter of death, Prince Prospero i...

Poe’s Tell-Tale Heart

he so closely identifies with him, which is precisely Poes point-the narrators is not normal, but is quite insane. The point of ...

Wife of Bath’s Tale and Wedding of Sir Gawain

together and makes possible the fraternal and hierarchic bonds of chivalric solidarity" (Hahn). This contrasts sharply with the fo...

Dona Sebastiana

which "comprises a stunning class-conscious critique of Christian hypocrisy and the Churchs complicity with the rich" (Padilla 150...

Olsen & Tyler On Being a Parent

mother into "trembling" and her breasts, as she nursed Emily, were swollen with milk, she steadfastly stuck to the feeding schedul...