YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Three Short Stories by Anton Chekhov
Essays 391 - 420
from Melville to modern Freudians, Hawthornes fearful secret has been the subject of speculation. But whatever it was and whatever...
is on its way, OConnor emphasizes that the grandmother is totally lacking in any sort of sympathetic or empathetic feeling. The ...
clearly shows how the concept of love differs between people, regardless of gender. "There was a time when I thought I loved my ...
tales. While "The Oval Portrait" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are distinctive in setting they share certain simil...
restriction and that, for the rest of her life, "she would live for herself" (Chopin). With a feeling of freedom unlike anything s...
appearance, her style, and her young sexuality. She plays with it in a very dangerous manner that she is completely unaware of for...
sharpness of selfish satisfaction" (217). As this suggests, Dr. Jenkins feelings toward his hoard of art are not completely altrui...
to convince her that having the abortion is no big deal. PATTERN OF SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH MODERN WORLD It is an interesti...
an article entitled "Every Womans Dream," which appeared in April 7 edition of The Weekly (1954, p. 59). The student researching t...
have to occupy the nursery with the horrid wallpaper" (161). As befits a woman who is practically a nonentity, the narrator in "...
do that. Dave needs to understand himself well enough to determine that it is actually he who is flawed, and not society....
this keeps them interested even more, thus providing us with the dual nature of formal religion as it teaches one thing but does a...
seen in literature of her time, but clearly something that existed in the real world. She was fortunate to have married a man w...
suggests that it belongs to Rachel, the teacher, Mrs. Price pounces on this piece of knowledge and insists that Rachel accept the ...
sack of flour, no gunpowder, or leather, or cloth, or iron tools" (Cather). He would see, "Not a letter, even -- no news of what w...
with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...
beating his wife which illustrates a theme of the helpless, and perhaps primarily the helplessness of women in society controlled ...
standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint ...
human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...
connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...
the beginning. He states, "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was...
of his own family history." At this point the critic moves into examining the history of Hawthornes ancestors and the developme...
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 ...
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...
the line, asking if he can remain there till the storm passes. "He expressed an intention to remain outside, but it was soon ap...
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...