YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Three Short Stories Set in the American South
Essays 481 - 510
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...
could "be a devilish Indian behind every tree" or that the devil may even be in the woods (Hawthorne). As one can see, the nature ...
hands of male heads of families and households. Women are disenfranchised" (Kosenko 27). It is the men who are essentially in cha...
her mothers influence, she will debase herself and all the people she is involved with, and even those wives who she does not know...
In the examination of the house she realizes that "during all those years she had never found out the name of the priest whose yel...
as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...
such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled sil...
until he is drunk so the main character gets drunk, passes out and then is told that Zaabalawi was there with him all night. This ...
the line, asking if he can remain there till the storm passes. "He expressed an intention to remain outside, but it was soon ap...
of his own family history." At this point the critic moves into examining the history of Hawthornes ancestors and the developme...
him to the hospital. After a short while on the road they stop for coffee, then later, they stop for pancakes. All the while their...
to be dealing with the religious beliefs that he held and those he was questioning at the time. When Young Goodman Brown...
standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint ...
lost. This brings us to one of the differences in the story, yet it also involves a similarity. With Mabel we have a woman who ...
the beginning. He states, "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was...
human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...
now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...
concerned for the welfare of his rather homely adopted daughter, Beina. First of all, Jin makes it clear that women within Chinese...
son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
Her husband has only used her sexually for that is his nature, and is representative of the oppressive patriarchal culture. But, s...
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...
of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...
his poor little puppet-like body" to be rather pathetic and ridiculous. Nevertheless, he is intrigued and he becomes "wildly anxio...
tend to our own affairs, doing what has to be done and then relaxing as reward or for regeneration enabling us to repeat the proce...
a graduated student of philosophy she has the knowledge and the wisdom to rise above the ridiculous and find truth. But, it is her...
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 ...
view" refers to whos telling the story, and it can be crucial to a readers understanding. This paper compares the point of view in...
an adulterous tryst that ends up happily for everyone connected with it. It is beautiful, charming and - although it sounds strang...
story that provide real insight into human motivation in the space of a very few words. This paper analyses the story. Discussion ...