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"Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories", 2006.
A review of the Agatha Christie collection of short stories "Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories".
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper reviews and positively critiques Agatha Christie's "Miss Marple", focusing on the character of Miss Marple. The paper demonstrates how, despite being a quiet octogenarian who loves knitting, Miss Marple has the mind of a natural sleuth. After citing several examples from the stories to demonstrate this thesis, the paper concludes that the mysteries are fun, quaint and picturesque, which also inspire a love of the heroine and prove to the reader that crime need not be bloody to be interesting.
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"This is important because most of the twenty mysteries in The Complete Short Stories revolve around very ordinary settings. The first short stories began at the Tuesday Club, a social club formed by Miss Marple and her fellow old ladies her a small, English country town. The club was originally founded purely for the pleasures of social gatherings-but soon this club's purpose becomes a place of discussion of a variety of mysteries that prey upon the minds and the members of the club."
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Short Stories as Character Studies., 2002.
A look at the three short stories by Chinua Achebe and Jorge Luis Borges and the role of their characters.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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In this paper, three short stories are analyzed for character development. Referring to a short story by Chinua Achebe and Jorge Luis Borges, the author of this essay discusses a thesis statement. This thesis statement asserts that short story development depends on the psychological of the main characters of the three stories selected for this analysis.
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Love in Nethaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories, 2005.
A literary study about understanding three female characters in the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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In this paper, Hawthorne provides three different women within three different stories that promote the theme of unattainable love. The women in Hawthorne's short stories die or are invariably unable to love the central male protagonist, but have varying differences of character and destiny that isolate them from a consummation of love's conjoined ideology. The paper describes the way in which Hawthorne has forged tales of romance that deny love and romance to the men and women involved in these three short stories.
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"This literary study will examine the role of unattainable women in three stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In this manner, Annie from "The Artist of the Beautiful", Georgiana in "The Birthmark", and Beatrice in "Rappaccini's Daughter" will be compared and contrasted. By examining the role of the unattainable and distant woman in relation to the plots in these tales, Hawthorne imbues the futility of romance in his short story works. In "Rappaccini's Daughter" the theme of unattainable love revolves around Giovanni and Beatrice, the daughter of the scientist Baglioni. The poisonous plants that the scientist creates have immunized Beatrice, and have had a harmful effect on Giovanni. The repulsion to Beatrice is instilled through her inaccessibility in the poisonous garden."
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Hemingway's Short Stories, 2005.
A look at some of Ernest Hemingway's short stories and how they give insight into the human condition.
1,237 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper takes a look at four famous short stories by Ernest Hemingway and explains how Hemingway uses the literature elements of character and environment as a means to develop the theme and intent of his stories. To illustrate this point, the short stories "Soldier's Home", "A Clean Well-Lighted Place," "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Sun Also Rises", are each examined in the paper.
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"At the beginning of "Soldier's Home," the protagonist, Harold Krebs, has just returned from the horror of World War I. Although his friends and associates who also came back from the war much earlier have once again settled into daily life in the small Oklahoma town, Krebs is restless and anxious, unable to readjust to civilian life. His parents cannot understand why he cannot resume a "normal" life--getting a job, getting married, and settling down into traditional middle-American life. The environment, which he cannot accept, stifles him. He cannot fit the mold."
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Edgar Allan Poe?s Short Stories, 2005.
This paper discusses autobiographical elements in Edgar Allan Poe's short stories "The Black Cat" and "The Fall of the House of Usher".
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper explains that Edgar Allan Poe's short stories "The Black Cat" and "The Fall of the House of Usher", which explored the inner workings of the mind, were unlike the general style of writing of the time. The author points out that Poe led a troubled life, which may explain why his writing is so complex and filled with tormented characters. The paper relates that many connections have been made between Poe and these two short stories because he chose to write them in first person thus giving the reader the impression that they are autobiographical; his use of first person narration also aids the underlying psychological subtext because the reader is being told a story and can evaluate the narrator along with the story he is telling.
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"Poe's characters in "The Black Cat" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are afflicted with mental instability which, similar to Poe, has been attributed to loss. Poe's father abandoned the family in 1810, and shortly after passed away. Poe's mother passed away in 1811, from tuberculosis which was very early in the author's life. Tomc believed the loss of his mother and wife, later in his career, created a lasting impression on his writing. The mental instability Poe acquired from the loss of his parents is reflected in both the narrator in "The Black Cat" and Roderick Usher from "The Fall of the House of Usher" although both characters react to the instability differently. In terms of mental instability the narrator in "The Black Cat" describes his self as being "more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others.""
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Edgar Allan Poe: Short Stories, 2008.
Compares two short stories "Metzengerstein" and "A Tale Of The Ragged Mountains" by Edgar Allan Poe.
1,375 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses Edgar Allan Poe's "Metzengerstein" and "A Tale Of The Ragged Mountains" by examining the relationship between symbolic imagery and the human psyche in these short stories. The author points out that in "Metzengerstein", Poe's uses the physical object of a tapestry to symbolize the acute madness that is befalling the protagonist Frederick Baron Metzengerstein. The paper then relates ways that Poe's literary techniques and devices are used for specific purposes in "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains". The paper concludes that, in both of these short stories, Poe is advocating the idea that what may appear to be is not always what it is.
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"In addition to the short story "Metzengerstein," the similar use of a physical object to allegorize a character's psyche can also be seen in Poe's short story "A Tale Of The Ragged Mountains." Daniel J. Philippon (1998) discusses this specific literary technique of Poe's in his article "Poe in the Ragged Mountains' Environmental History And Romantic Aesthetics." Philippon explains how most of Poe's stories explore the internal landscape of his characters at the expense of the physical world."
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The Short Stories of Shirley Jackson, 2002.
An examination of a number of short stories by Shirley Jackson, looking at the alternative themes she tends to portray in her stories.
1,080 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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Shirley Jackson is a short story writer known for writing disturbing stories that focus not on horrific events, but on normal events that occur in society. The writer shows how her stories add new meaning to common events that everyone can relate to, often also making a comment on our society. Three of her stories which have these features, are examined - "The Witch", "An Ordinary Day, With Peanuts", and "After You, My Dear Alphonse". These stories are compared in terms of theme, style, irony, and characters. The common features of Jackson?s work can easily be identified.
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"In each of the three stories, the theme makes a comment on our society, using everyday events to accomplish this.
"In The Witch, a mother is on the train with her four-year old son. A man enters and noting that the boy needs entertaining, tells him a story. The story, however, is a horrific one and what would be considered an inappropriate one. The mother must then deal with the social situation of reacting to the man?s inappropriateness. The aspect of the story that communicates the theme is that the boy is actually entertained by the story, even though it is considered inappropriate. This leads the reader to consider why these types of stories are so entertaining and why the mother is more disturbed by the story than her son. This leads to the questioning of the conventions of society, especially the idea of what is considered inappropriate."
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Short Stories by Tony Earley, 2004.
Compares the characters in two stories by Earley from his 1994 collection of short stories.
1,020 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, $ 36.95
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This paper shows that reading Tony Earley?s short stories in "Here We Are in Paradise" is like being able to actually tune into the personal thoughts of an average person as he/she goes about typical day-to-day activities in North Carolina, the author?s home state. The paper discusses the story that gave the book its title, as well as the one called ?My Father?s Heart?, which are indicative of the others included in this 1994 collection. The paper examines how the characters narrating these two stories, Peggy in the former and Jimmy in the latter, do not pursue the same direction. One ignores her dreams and lets her husband define them, and the other follows his hopes despite the fact that his mother disagrees. However, they both find a way to resolve these conflicts and find the positive side of life.
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"While growing up, she never ceased talking about her dead husband. Regardless of Jimmy?s actions, it was because of his father?s blood within him, and whatever small kindness he performed, it was because ?he had his father?s heart.? As a result of these comparisons, at night the young boy Jimmy shook from fear and prayed that his heart would not stop while he was sleeping. This concern was exacerbated by the fact that he really did have a diseased heart, and the doctors said that ?he was lucky to be alive.?"
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Short Stories of Vladimir Nabokov, 1998.
A look at several of the short stories of Vladimir Nabokov, and the writing patterns in them.
1,616 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 52.95
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This paper is a look at famous author Vladimir Nabokov, the premier ?migr? author from Russia. This paper looks at several of Nabokov?s short stories and, in accordance with is own personal history, attempts to discover a pattern, if you will, for his writing style. It goes on to suggest possible reasons for this pattern and how the patterns fits his stories. The stories used include: "Signs and Symbols", "A Russian Beauty", and "Breaking the News".
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Kate Chopin's Short Stories, 2005.
This paper reviews the short stories "Desiree's Baby" and "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper explains that these short stories by Kate Chopin show clear insight into women's liberation for the protagonists Desiree and Mrs. Mallard. The author points out that the slow process of change from submissive wife to independent woman are clear as Chopin reveals the critical turning points which allow these women to separate themselves from their dominating husbands. The paper describes the way that the women in these stories learn independence and freedom from domestic patriarchal institutions.
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"This study examines the transformation of male dominated women into independent heroines within the short stories: "Desiree's Baby" and "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. By analyzing these feminist tales, a transformation takes place that reverses both Mrs. Mallard and Desiree from victims of patriarchal households, into women with free ambitions to be govern their own lives. Chopin, in these two stories, presents women that do not wish to live under the domination of their husbands, and take the necessary steps to achieve independent lives. In the story "Desiree's Baby", Chopin presents Desiree as a woman who is unaware that she has African American roots in her lineage. Armand, her cruel slave-owning husband marries her, but does not tell her that she and her baby are both related to the slaves on the plantation."
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Short Stories, 2005.
This paper examines the short stories "The Monster" by Bertolt Brecht and "Thief" by Robley Wilson, Jr..
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper explains that the short stories "The Monster" by Bertolt Brecht, and "Thief" by Robley Wilson, Jr. are very different in terms of their content, the periods and characters they represent. The author argues, through a focus on characterization and plot, that both stories explore a common theme of stereotypes and mistaken identity. The paper relates that both the characters in each story and the events of each plot reveal how mistaken our interpretations of other human beings often are.
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"The short stories "The Monster" by Bertolt Brecht, and "Thief" by Robley Wilson, Jr., are very different in terms of their content and the periods and characters they represent. However, as this essay argues, through a focus on characterization and plot, both stories explore a common theme of stereotypes and mistaken identity. As is seen, both the characters in each story, and the events of each plot, reveal how mistaken our interpretations of other human beings often are. Bertolt Brecht's "The Monster" is a story told from the perspective of an omniscient narrator of an incident at a Russian film company."
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John Updike: Short Stories, 2003.
An analysis of five short stories by John Updike.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper analyzes five short stories by John Updike that are used to demonstrate his common themes of sex, adultery, religion and mortality and his unique style. The stories are: "A & P", "Marching Through Boston", "Your Lover Just Called", "Eros Rampant" and "Brother Grasshopper."
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"In the majority of short stories from John Updike we are exposed to the author's chronicle of American life. Innovative and unfashionably conservative, Updike explores psychological processes and sexual candor in his ..."
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Comparison of Short Stories, 2005.
Examines how four short stories illustrate the theme of alternative narrative.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 23.95
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This paper examines how four short stories illustrate the theme of alternative narrative and the road not taken in the realm of human psychology and behavior. Stories are: "The Widow's Son," "Hills Like White Elephants," "The Gilded Six-Bits," and "Paul's Case."
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Chestnut's Short Stories, 2002.
A review of the social and moral themes in the short stories "Baxter's Procrustes", "The Passing of Grandison" and "The Wife of His Youth" by Chestnut.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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Thispaper discusses three of Chestnut's short stories in terms of social and moral themes, and literary techniques. The same techniques, and interrelated themes are found in all three stories.
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Confronting Death in Short Stories, 2006.
A review of two short stories that deal with the theme of death: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce and "Greasy Lake" by T. Coraghessen.
950 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper compares how the characters in two different short stories face the experience of death. The stories are "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce and "Greasy Lake" by T. Coraghessen. This paper shows how both characters experienced time distortion and a heightened sense of awareness of their surroundings when they were in the grip of fear and confronted with death.
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"We often hear stories of people who have near death experiences and say that their "lives flashed before their eyes", or that "everything seemed like it was happening in slow motion". In the two short stories, the reader gets a real sense of what that feels like. "Greasy Lake", is a contemporary story about a group of young men who are bored and out drinking at the lake on evening become involved in a fight that escalates out of control and sets off a chain of events that will change the characters lives forever. In "Greasy Lake", when the unnamed main character thinks that he may have killed someone, time seems to go in slow motion."
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