In Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire he creates a philosophy of passion and death In the beginning of the play we are introduced to this philosophy The directions that Blanche was told to get to her sisters house reveals this She is told to take a streetcar named Desire which would be the passion and then take a streetcar named Cemeteries which would be the death Blanches fear of death is obvious in the play She has fears of aging and losing her beauty She refuses to tell anyone her t
58 000 American lives were lost in the muggy jungle hell of Vietnam Mere children thrown into the rage of war expected to be strong to be men to be able to deal with the death and destruction were humping their way through the shrapnel and land mines for a cause even they werent entirely sure of Tim OBrien writes of such horrors in his short story The Things They Carried Through the things the soldiers carried OBrien tells a riveting tale of horror destruction duty and a shred of hope in a very
The Lottery is a short story by Shirley Jackson first published in the June 28 1948 issue of The New Yorker The story contrasts commonplace details of contemporary life with a barbaric ritual known as the lottery The setting is a small American town population of approximately 300 and growing where the locals display a strange and somber mood from which unusual things can evidently be observed like children gathering stones as they gather on June 27 for their annual lottery After the husband fr
A Perfect Day for Bananafish The story A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J D Salinger is a sad story that deals with depression Depression is a terrible sickness that a lot of people suffer The main character Seymour Glass is a man who has tried to kill himself and is now on vacation We all have made choices we are not proud of and have regretted in the past Life is not about looking back and letting the past hold you down Its about maturing and learning from your mistakes As a young men we are c
Hamlet Is he an insane madman or a revengeful scheming genius There are many conflicting ideas and theories on this subject and hopefully this paper may be of some assistance in clearing up the confusion The paper is divided into three separate analytic sections beginning with the beginning of Hamlets so called madness and why it may have occurred Next is an analysis of why Hamlet delays revenging his fathers death To conclude the paper Hamlets incestuous acts towards his mother are discussed i
A Rose for Emily In A Rose for Emily William Faulkners symbolic use of the rose is essential to the storys theme of Miss Emilys self isolation The rose is often a symbol of love and portrays an everlasting beauty The rose has been used for centuries to illustrate an everlasting type of love and faithfulness Even when a rose dies it is still held in high regard Miss Emilys rose exists only within the storys title Faulkner leaves the reader to interpret the roses symbolic meaning Miss Emily was d
Emily Grieson was a woman with a tragic life story Through the story of A Rose for Emily the writer William Faulkner makes symbolic references of Emilys appearance Through Emilys life transitions and mental disintegration her appearance becomes dilapidated Judith Fetterley a feminist writer also mentions the effects of the time period and what is expected of a woman on Emilys appearance in her interpretation of the story In an interview with William Faulkner he also describes the pressure of th
A Rose for Emily By William Falkner A Rose for Emily is a captivating story written by William Faulkner The characters within this short story are portrayed in a fascinating manner They lay down the mesmerizing scenery and setting of the short story The characters actions are centered on the actions of the main character Miss Emily Grierson The story began with the death and funeral of Miss Emily Grierson It is evident that Miss Grierson is exceedingly respected in the town of Jefferson because
A Rose For Emily Characterization Characterization refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop characters In the story A Rose for Emily William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily He expresses the content of her character through physical description through her actions words and feelings through a narrators direct comments about the characters nature and through the actions words and feelings of other characters Faulkner best uses characterization to exam
The novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles takes place during World War II at a private school named Devon This all boys school is run very strictly The year is 1942 during the summer session which is implemented while the war is going on Two of the main characters are boys that attend the school one is the athletic successor Finny and the other is the scholar Gene Throughout the novel John Knowles uses symbolism to enhance the book Symbolism is an object or idea that stands for or represents s