Essays Tagged: "McCuller"

Miss Amelia in The Ballad of the Sad Caf

as well known as this is seen from a radically altered standpoint. We may suspect, while we read a McCullers story, that we have seen characters like hers before. But until now, she makes us feel, we ... gles, by emphasizing her physical defects and her masculinity (or, rather, her sexual ambivalence), McCullers effectively transforms Miss Amelia into a freak here. We are distanced from Miss Amelia, m ...

(3 pages) 2475 1 0.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The ballad of the sad cafe

is a very descriptive passage that portrays a small town in which used to be a café. Carson McCullers, the author of this passage, uses a great deal of imagery to paint the proper picture of t ... appearance is described as ghostly and of someone that has been forgotten. Throughout the passage, McCullers uses setting, characters, and imagery to illustrate the story of The Ballad of the Sad Caf ...

(3 pages) 1 0 0.0 May/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers