In A Rose for Emily and The Rocking Horse Winner Faulkner and Lawrence present the theme of love in a twisted manner Although both of these stories are about love they are about two very different kinds of love Emily Grierson is in a romantic relationship with Homer Baron while Pauls love is maternal for his mother Both stories do however give a macabre view of love as they each end with the deaths of the protagonists Although both stories illustrate love as a source of pain and anguish it is E
Endures the test of time According to the 18th century scholar author and critic Samuel Johnson Nothing can please many and please long but just representations of general nature Preface to Shakespeare p 210 By this Johnson means that no literature will endure the test of time except that which reveals and explores situations and characteristics that are recognizable that most of us share that are common to people across boundaries of time and to some extent place I have chosen two short storie
The Appointment in Samarra by W Somerset Maugham is a fable narrated by death This is what caught my attention to this clever fable Most writers would not introduce death as a narrator from the beginning of the story like Maugham did and thats why this fable stands out to me from all others This fable has a good and wise story value in my opinion Its very creative and has enough details throughout this story to really understand what is going on with the characters This fable is very easy to re
There are some characteristics make gothic stories differ from the other types stories Like there is also a victimizer who is associated with evil and whose powers are immense or supernatural or the atmosphere is pervaded by a sense of mystery darkness oppressiveness and fear In Frankenstein Victor is the victim and he is the one make the monster in a dark apartment and his spirit is tutoring by the monster after the monster is been created And the change of his feelings to the monsters the mon
In a typical novel the desire for power often drives the storys antagonist This obsession gives the story its focus as well as its obstacles But in putting the obsession in the hands of the central figure in the story the dynamic becomes warped completely Both Emily Brontes Wuthering Heights and Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness present the reader with this dilemma the driving force of both novels takes form in a character whos cravings overpower everything else albeit for graspable reasons Bron
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles Christopher Reeves In the novel of Beowulf it clearly shows that he is a great hero who overcomes many obstacles in his life to protect his people Beowulf embodies several beliefs of the Anglo Saxon values Beowulf is based around courage fighting prowess and loyalty First characteristic of Beowulf is courage Beowulf had great courage because he was willing to take on great challeng
Many people in society feel alienated from the world and separated from their fellow man while others try to find meaning which escapes them In James Joyces The Dead Gabriel Conroy faces both these problems and questions his own identity due to a series of encounters that lead him to an epiphany about his relationship to the world This epiphany grants him a new beginning Gabriels progression from one who feels disconnected to one who has hope parallels Joyces changing view of Ireland from findi
Epiphany and Revival in The Dead James Joyce was born in Dublin he was the most prominent writer of English prose in the first half of the twentieth century Many critics maintain that his verbal facility equaled that of William Shakespeare or John Milton and his experiments in prose as a virtuoso redefined the limits of language and the form of the modern novel The Dead the final story of Joyces collection Dubliners is considered one of the most beautifully executed stories in the English langu
The world contains many different groups of people obviously These groups divide the world into class race gender age and so on But even with all these different physical descriptions of people people can form into three main groups This concept did not come clear until I read Ernest Hemingways The Battler in his collection of short stories In Our Time In this story Hemingway uses three main characters to explain who exactly those three main groups of people are According to Hemingway people oc
Love is more love is more than just a word its an action its a way of life it is a way to describe something so fulfilling that every second is worth it Both Ernest Hemingway and James Joyce describe actions of love that step beyond boundaries to prove that love exists Ernest Hemingways short story Cat in the Rain takes place in a hotel room in Italy In the story the lady sees a cat outside of her window crouched under a dripping wet green table feeling sorrow for the cat she wants to go and ge