Mother Savage In the short story of Mother Savage by Guy de Maupassant, we learn of what life was like for a widowed mother whose only son goes off to war, the setting taking place in Virelogne, France during the Franco-Prussian war. Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) lived during this time and parti...

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The lust of hate is the inordinate desire to consume and unspeakably possess the soul of the hated one, just as the lust of live is the desire to possess or be possessed by the beloved, utterly."2 Poe's stories often have narrators that feel extreme hate or extreme love for another character in the story. ...

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• Grade Level: High School