Essays Tagged: "Short Stories"

Stephen Edwin King - The King Of Terror

ifferent types ofwritings such as movie scripts, nonfiction, autobiographies, children's books, and shortstories. While Stephen King might be best known for his novels The Stand and It, someof his bes ... be best known for his novels The Stand and It, someof his best work that has been published are his short stories such as "The Body" and"Quitters Inc". King's works are so powerful because he uses his ...

(7 pages) 157 0 2.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Poe Comparative Essay

In Edgar Allen Poe's short stories "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" there are many similari ... wo iron staples, distant from each other about two feet, horizontally. From one of these depended a short chain, from the other a padlock. Throwing the links about his waist, it was but the work of a ... ontressor was only feeling sick because his conscience was so heavy and guilty.In Edgar Allen Poe's short stories "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" there are many parallel ...

(6 pages) 188 0 4.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

Use of First person point of view in "Raymond's Run" and "Cathedral"

The authors of "Raymond's Run" and "Cathedral", both use a first person point of view in their short stories. In "Raymond's Run", by Toni Cade Bambara, the first person point of view shows how th ...

(4 pages) 119 0 3.5 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Elements of Gothic Literature - describes the most important element of gothic literature with examples from various canonical texts.

ld be some sort of damsel in distress, threatened by some man. The words chosen in these novels and short stories were very descriptive, creating overwrought emotion and often, feelings of gloom and h ...

(6 pages) 312 5 4.2 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Barn Burning" by William Faulkner

Barn Burning: An Endless Circle William Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" is the tale of a southern man forced into a role by society. "Barn Burnin ... the move from helping hand to the enemy by burning down barns. Along with many of Faulkner's short stories, "Barn Burning" is set in the imaginary Mississippi county of Yoknapatawpha. During th ...

(2 pages) 282 1 4.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Comparing Three short stories by James Joyce; Araby, Eveline and A Little Cloud

James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of short stories that offers a brief, but intimate window into the lives of a variety of characters, ma ...

(6 pages) 238 1 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

BOOK REVIEW- The Modest Proposal by Janathan Swift

The Modest Proposal by Janathan Swift and Top of the food chain by T. Coraghessan Boyle are short stories written to make the reader realize how humans do absurd things which as a result have ...

(2 pages) 134 0 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

A general overview of Maxine Hong Kingston's "the Woman Warrior" done for an english class.

ngston's The Woman Warrior is a book of blending cultures, and woman's rights. It vaguely ties five short stories and anecdotes to these themes. Kingston puts to use, a lot of symbolic figures in the ...

(4 pages) 153 0 4.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Willa Sibert Cather

She wrote about the qualities of courage, sensitivity, and perseverance. Most often, her novels and short stories took place in rural townships. She was born sometime in 1873, in her grandmother's hou ... he also taught English in a high school. Willa published 'The Dance at Chevalier's,' and four other short stories under a pen name of Henry Nicklemann. Another major publication for her was in April 1 ...

(3 pages) 58 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

critical analysis of "Death of an Author" by Roland Barthes

tuck and depressed because his life is not a story as it is boring and repetitive. I have read such short stories with similar titles by authors like Raymond Carver and others. I was surprised when I ... cize Barthes himself. We rarely look at the writers who write in the magazine articles, newspapers, short stories that we read today. we read today magazine articles, newspapers, short stories. We do ...

(3 pages) 65 0 5.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

An Analysis of Various Hawthourne Short Stories. "Rapaccinni's Daughter, " "Young Goodman, " "The Birthmark,""Look up to heaven, and resist the wicked one"

In many of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stories, he creates characters with either a malicious or evil feature to relay to the reader ...

(3 pages) 156 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Madman, personal essay about feelings on horror,

This is a short essay (2.5 printed pages) about my feelings on horror No commentThis is no fantasy. This is no ... ed madmenas my personal mentors sounds sick, but I tend to think as they do. Most ofmy writings are short stories of horror (usually about the length of Poe's'The Tell-Tale Heart' and 'The Masque of t ... first draft of this essay, I startedout writing about writing horror stories and ended up writing a short storyabout a vampire in London. It is safe to say I get ideas out of thin air.When I do captur ...

(3 pages) 144 1 3.1 Apr/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Tools of the trade. Speaks of Geoffrey Chaucer

known as the father ofEnglish poetry. He wrote Canterbury Tales which is a collection of narrative short stories writtenin verse. 'The Pardoners Tale is among the more popular of these varied tales. ... tonous. In anodd twist, after he tells the story he trys to sell others counterfiet relics. In this short story aboutgreed, disrespect and death Chaucer utilizes three important literary tools personi ...

(3 pages) 42 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Life's Not Over Yet. Personal essay which includes "Four generations, by Joyce Maynard", "God is Not a Fish Inspector " by W.D. Valgardson, and "To Set Our House in Order"

mily, and how they influenced the future generations. I have gathered examples from three different short stories and will discuss them in detail regarding the topic I have chosen and focus on the asp ... use of hers. If she didn't think about herself all the time she'd realize a valuable lesson "Life's short so try to have fun while you can, always try to get the most out of it, because before you kno ...

(4 pages) 58 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Edgar Allan Poe. Includes his poem "The raven"

's tobaccoshop. After some time Poe moved to Boston where he started publishing his small poems and short stories in newspapers. In 1827, Poe's first book 'Tamberlane and other poems' came under the p ... hich gave him respect as a critic. Poe was influenced by the British 18th century's romantic horror short stories. That is why he wrote those. He was also very influenced by Jules Verne, Rudyard Kipli ...

(8 pages) 134 1 2.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

John Steinbeck, A Common Man's Man

said John Steinbeck (Shaw, 10). That may be true, but I think that he wrote many of his novels and short stories based on many of the same views. He often focused on social problems, like the "haves" ...

(5 pages) 72 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Ray Bradbury

n Americaand the canals of Mars. His dreams are not only popular, but durable. His work consists of shortstories, which are not hard to publish, and keep in the public eye. His stories have stayed in ... of the greatest years of my lifebecause I was acting and singing in operettas and writing, my first short stories.'In 1934 his family moved to Los Angeles, where Bradbury has remained. He attended Los ...

(5 pages) 45 0 3.0 Jun/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Painted Door" by Sinclair Ross

For a short story to be effective, it must be able to produce high levels of intensity, emotion and drama. ... levels of intensity, emotion and drama. To do this, it must convey a great deal of information in a short space of time. As a result, the short story usually leaves a great deal of its content open to ... deal of its content open to interpretation and examination by the reader. Also, the denouements of short stories frequently remain inconclusive and unfulfilled. Together, these attributes add to the ...

(4 pages) 173 0 4.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Comparison of Contemporary and Romantic Literature

Contemporary literature in the form of a short story consists of a plot, characters, point of view, setting, and theme (2). These elements ca ... ting, and theme (2). These elements can vary a great deal from one story to thenext. An author of a short story also reveals a tone and a mood shown by his or her style of writing. Although romance li ... ough romance literature contains the elements mentioned above, they are very differentthan those in short stories and are somewhat static from one tale to the next. Romance literature is about the adv ...

(5 pages) 86 0 4.2 May/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time

, the 'lost generation' that appears to result from Hemingway's novel.Ernest Hemingway uses intense short stories to leave a feeling of awe and wonder in the reader of In Our Time. One begins to becom ... ' can be highly speculated on and can be interpreted in many ways. For instance, in chapter 13, the short story 'My Old Man,' seems to bring about much emotion. This story is told by a man's son(Joe), ...

(6 pages) 97 0 4.9 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway