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  • The Story of an Hour & a Sorrowful Woman

    The Story of an Hour & a Sorrowful Woman

    Dana Signorile Professor Mark A. Shultz English 221X: Writing About Literary Types March 31, 2005 Essay #2 “The Story of an Hour” & “A Sorrowful Woman” The authors Kate Chopin and Gail Godwin use literary elements to define more fully a theme or central message. Marriage does not always bring people the happiness that they expect. A countless number of people today feel trapped in their own marriages. Mrs. Mallard in Kate Chopin’s “The Story

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    Essay Length: 1,759 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Written Analysis of the Short Story “the Revolt of ‘mother’ ”

    Written Analysis of the Short Story “the Revolt of ‘mother’ ”

    Written analysis of the short story “The Revolt of ‘Mother’ ” Shirlley Padia Lopes This work will treat about the short story “The Revolt of Mother”, written by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman and it will be based on the feminist criticism. By this criticism, this short story from Freeman is a kind of innovation in literature made by women. Feminist Criticism has been developed with the rising of the feminist movement in sixties, and particularly

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    Essay Length: 1,184 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Stenly
  • American Indian Stories

    American Indian Stories

    In her book American Indian Stories, Zitkala-Sa's central role as both an activist and writer surfaces, which uniquely combines autobiography and fiction and represents an attempt to merge cultural critique with aesthetic form, especially surrounding such fundamental matters as religion. In the tradition of sentimental, autobiographical fiction, this work addresses keen issues for American Indians' dilemmas with assimilation. In Parts IV and V of "School Days," for example, she vividly describes a little girl's nightmares

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    Essay Length: 473 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Kate Chopin's Story of an Hour

    Kate Chopin's Story of an Hour

    Critical Analysis of 'The Story of an Hour' Analyzes the most prominent theme, the longing for freedom. Write a critical analysis of any aspect of "The Story of an Hour" which you found of interest and significance. Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' is a short yet complex piece describing the feelings of Mrs Mallard. This story is overflowing with symbolism and imagery. The most prominent theme here is the longing for freedom. Chopin

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    Essay Length: 1,372 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Max
  • Math Graph Story

    Math Graph Story

    Between study group, debate, and chess tournaments there wasn't much of a social scene around Winchester University in Omaha, Nebraska. The school year at this college was year round, but the students were given a 30 day summer vacation in July. The majority of the students went back home to visit their families during this time. But as juniors at the University Charles, Fredrick, and Stanley, all childhood buddies, decided it was time for a

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    Essay Length: 310 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Scarlet Letter: A Story Told Through Symbols

    The Scarlet Letter: A Story Told Through Symbols

    The Scarlet Letter: A story told through symbols Many times symbols are used as a form of expression that permits an author to give meaning and life to certain things or objects. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is an allegory because of its great use of symbolism. Throughout the novel the author uses many symbols in its characters, objects and in nature. The first example of symbolism presented in the novel is the later “

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Bred
  • How to Tell a True War Story by Tim O’brien and a Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway

    How to Tell a True War Story by Tim O’brien and a Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway

    How To Tell a True War Story” by Tim O’Brien and “A Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway, the protagonists live life and tell their stories according to how war has affected them which is demonstrated by the modifications in O’Brien’s war stories and the protagonist’s social isolation in Hemingway’s short story In both selections, the protagonists have been somehow traumatized by their military service. “How To Tell a True War Story” is O’Brien’s personal “recollection”

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    Essay Length: 539 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Steve
  • West Side Story

    West Side Story

    West Side Story the plot summary The movie takes place in the West Side of New York, in the late 1950s. The Jets are a teenage gang of American boys determined not only to check but to destroy the growth of Puerto Rican population and influence on their block. They are opposed by a Puerto Rican gang, the Sharks, led by Bernardo. In the entirely danced PROLOGUE, the members of the two rival gangs provoke

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    Essay Length: 1,059 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Two Story Essay

    The Two Story Essay

    Nelly Air Force Ones said give me two pairs (cause) I need two pairs So I can get to stomping in my Air Force Ones(big Boi) Big Boys stomping in my Air Force Ones I like the all white, high top, strapped with the gum bottom There's some'n about dem, dirty that's why I got em' I leave them strapped and lace and then come up out em' The last person that touch em' I

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    Essay Length: 2,769 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Jon
  • The Jergens Story

    The Jergens Story

    JERGENS MADINA COSMETICS 100 YEARS OF BEAUTIFUL SKIN The Jergens Story On April 5, 1882, Andrew Jergens Sr. and Charles H. Geilfus founded The Andrew Jergens Company in Cincinnati, OH. Known then as "The Jergens Soap Company" the original product was coconut oil soap, specially designed to perform in hard water. Over the years, the Company has developed into a leading competitor in the soap and cosmetics industry. In 1901, Jergens expanded its business by

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    Essay Length: 3,565 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: David
  • The Story We Tell

    The Story We Tell

    America and Race have a long and entangled history. The concept of Race, like America is a recent invention. Race is an idea constructed by society to further political and economic goals. Race was never just a matter of how you look, it's about how people assign meaning toward how you look. It is ironic that a nation that takes great pride in one the foundation “All men are created Equal” can at the same

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    Essay Length: 886 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Monika
  • Differences Between the Birds the Movie and the Birds Short Story

    Differences Between the Birds the Movie and the Birds Short Story

    The Birds The Birds, the movie was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and was based on the short story “The Birds” written by Daphne du Murrier. If you would have read the book and then watched the movie, you would see that very few things are the same. In both the short story and the movie flocks of gulls, robins, crows, and sparrows join each other. This is really weird because different species of birds never

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    Essay Length: 594 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Jon
  • The Story of an Hour

    The Story of an Hour

    The Story of An Hour The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin is a short but relatively detailed piece. The rolls of characterization and narration play a very significant part in the story as a whole but also as a part of the underlying theme that nothing is as it appears. Throughout the story we are shocked at outcomes that differ greatly from what we naturally believe should happen in situations like these. In

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    Essay Length: 954 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Top
  • Castaway Story

    Castaway Story

    Asia's Finest Private Robertson, a United States Marine was on patrol with his crew at the mouth of a small river north of North Korea. His fellow Marines called him Chris not because it was his name, but because during basic his drill instructor called him Chris and Robertson corrected him so the instructor made sure the whole camp thought his name was Chris by publicly announcing it over morning revely. Everyone thought it was

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    Essay Length: 3,105 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Mike
  • Willa Cather’s Short Story Paul’s Case

    Willa Cather’s Short Story Paul’s Case

    In Willa Cather’s short story Paul’s Case we learn of a young man who is fighting what he fears most: to be as common and plain as his world around him. How others perceive Paul only encourages him to fulfill his dream of escaping his monotonous lifestyle. Paul feels he is drowning in his everyday environment and his only breath of air is his savior: the theater. Paul has very little interest in his

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    Essay Length: 1,010 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: July
  • A Story About Alex

    A Story About Alex

    I quietly sat down at the dinning room table next to him. He was so focused on writing on the white piece of paper to notice my presence. As he scribbled words on the white piece of paper it was then that I got to thinking what kind of person my boyfriend, Alex, really was. When we met he had already own three businesses, a house, and an expensive BMW. That was not what got

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    Essay Length: 514 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • A Story About Seeing Mxpx

    A Story About Seeing Mxpx

    A story about seeing MxPx Essay written by Unknown On November 13th I went to Tramps in New York to see one of my favorite bands, MxPx. MxPx is a Christian pop-punk band. Pop punk basically means happy punk. The band members, are Mike Herrera who plays bass and sings, Tom Wisniewski who plays guitar and Yuri Ruley plays drums. They played about 10 songs, all of which I knew. Some of their songs

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    Essay Length: 474 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Mike
  • My Story in the Holocaust

    My Story in the Holocaust

    On March 19, 1942, I was sent by the Judenrat (the Jewish Council) to build underground storage facilities. Our group was led to a bleak, desolate place outside the city where a tall German with a red, square face told us that if we worked hard we would get extra food rations. After a long day of digging, breaking up large boulders and carting away the dirt in wheelbarrows, I went home with a coupon

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    Essay Length: 4,626 Words / 19 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Jack
  • A New Story

    A New Story

    The room was dark; the only light was that coming from the TV that had been left on. Its dim blue glow bounced off the worn paint on the walls. It was warm under the covers. In the dark, warm safety of the blankets she could sleep in their arms. Suddenly there was a loud rush of noise and a fury of pictures flashing in front of her eyes. The silence had been shattered by

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    Essay Length: 3,560 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Fonta
  • The Story of an Hour

    The Story of an Hour

    In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Choplin the reader’s see how the settings play a major contribution to the influence a person mood may be in. A variety of emotions can come out from potential happiness, excitement, sadness, anger, and even depression. We all in our everyday lives without much realization use certain places, objects and items to symbolize and stimulate particular feelings. The importance that settings play can always be displayed when

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    Essay Length: 990 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Story of the Hour

    Story of the Hour

    The "Story of the Hour," by Kate Chopin, narrates a brief chapter of an unhappily married woman's life, who, for unknown reasons, has stayed in a repressive relationship for many years. But freedom arrives with an unexpected turn of events. Mrs. Mallard repressed her feelings for many years. This is why, when she is given the news of her husband's death, she only cries to her sister, Josephine. However, after being alone in her room,

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    Essay Length: 494 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Bred
  • The Notebook: A Story That Surpasses Time

    The Notebook: A Story That Surpasses Time

    The Notebook: A Story that Surpasses Time Love stories have been made into great and not so great movies since the beginning of motion pictures. The pattern is usually the same in each movie, but for some reason people are drawn to them. The Notebook is another love story, but the dual plot and lack of special effects makes it different. The Notebook is the story of Noah (Ryan Gosling) and Allie (Rachel McAdams) and

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    Essay Length: 393 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Bred
  • Short Story (ap English Midterm) 95

    Short Story (ap English Midterm) 95

    Tara and tom, part of an average family living on the northern coast of California, had a lot of family and friends but not many material things. Sure they were happy but they wanted more. Tara spent most of her day at a local clothing shop working and tom at a drug store just making there monthly bills and there small donation to charity. They barely had time to themselves Although Tara and Tom did

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    Essay Length: 393 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Story of an Hour

    The Story of an Hour

    I will argue two points in this story; for the first one, I would like to analyze the deep meaning of Mrs. MallardЎ¦s heart trouble. While for the second one, I am going to explain the authentic result at the end of the story. From the very beginning, the story tells us that Mrs. Mallard is bothered by a heart trouble. She needs someone else to take care of her, and it seems that

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    Essay Length: 540 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Edward
  • American Indian Stories

    American Indian Stories

    In American Indian Stories, University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London edition, the author, Zitkala-Sa, tries to tell stories that depicted life growing up on a reservation. Her stories showed how Native Americans reacted to the white man’s ways of running the land and changing the life of Indians. “Zitkala-Sa was one of the early Indian writers to record tribal legends and tales from oral tradition” (back cover) is a great way to show that

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    Essay Length: 1,255 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Bred

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