The short story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", focuses on the theme of the misanthropic characterization between the two sexes and the role reversal of husband and wife. This is a story about a rich man's fear when he must confront danger. ... The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" focuses, among other things, on the misanthropic characterization of the sexes. ... Hemingway, in the story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", concentrates on the role reversal of the sexes. ... For most of the story, and probably their life, Margot preys on Francis constantly. ...

• Word Count: 1690
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• Grade Level: High School

American author Kate Chopin has written two published novels and over a hundred short stories. ... The females in her stories, such as Calixta in "The Story of an Hour" experience great feelings and experiences rather than men. ... After her husband died, Chopin had a short relation with another man. ... Within the next decade, after beginning to write poetry and fiction, she had published twenty poems, ninety-five short stories, two novels and eight literary criticisms. ... " In the story, Mrs. ...

• Word Count: 1852
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

For a short story to be effective, it must be able to produce high levels of intensity, emotion and drama. ... As a result, the short story usually leaves a great deal of its content open to interpretation and examination by the reader and it tends to have some interesting parallels within the story itself. ... Ann and John, two characters from he short story "The Painted Door", do not have a very healthy relationship. ... As a result, the short story usually leaves a great deal of its content open to interpretation and examination by the reader. Also, the denouements of short stories frequ...

• Word Count: 2012
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

During this time Carver wrote many short stories that reflected his sense of hopeless at the time. ... In the story "Will You Be Quiet Please?," alcohol is used as an excuse for a wives unfaithfulness (Short 53). ... The first story however is left undecided with a vague and open ending like many of his earlier stories. ... The boy dies, but the parents are followed over a few hours and the story ends with a peaceful conversation and the idea that they will survive and probably be stronger because of it (Short 93-121). ...

• Word Count: 1298
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour-, written in new modern feminism, is an exciting short fiction mainly expressing the possessive, rather than loving relations between a husband and wife. ... This scene is the climax of the story. ... Mallard then retreats to her room and after a short time makes the proclamation, "free, free, free."" ... Brently Mallard's return is the climax of the story. ... Setting is crucial to the story in its entirety. ...

• Word Count: 1471
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The short tales formulate the common themes for the novel as follows: isolation and loneliness, discovery, inhibition, and cultural failure. ... At the end of the story Adventure, Anderson writes began trying to force herself to face bravely the fact that many people must live and die alone, even in Winesburg (Anderson, Sherwood). ... The first chapter is called Hands and involves the sad story of Wing Biddlebaum. ... For example, the short moments of embrace shared between him and Elizabeth Willard. ... Through the use of short tales combined to create a novel, Anderson is able to communicate...

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The main character, Anson Hunter, the rich boy', thinks he is socially above the few women that appear throughout the short story. ... This attitude is what eventually leads him to a state of loneliness and remorse towards the end of the story. In short, Anson only likes the idea of women. ... The first woman of importance in the story is Paula Legendre, described as a dark serious beauty'. ... The second woman of importance in the story is Dolly Karger, a flapper with whom he had an affair. ...

• Word Count: 1512
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The short story, The Death of Ivan Ilych, written by Leo Tolstoy, is about the reactions of a man and his friends to his suffering and death. ... In a short time, he eventually obtained the position of examining magistrate. ... Ivan developed an attitude towards his family of complete indifference as stated in the story, He only required of it those conveniences---dinner at home, housewife, and bed---which it could give him. ... With this story, Leo Tolstoy shows that a man can change. ...

• Word Count: 1274
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• Grade Level: High School

Male dominance and female complicity in "Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding" Katherine Mansfield's "Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding" is a short tale dealing with the relationships between husband and wife in late 19th Century German society. ... However, the story widens to bring in several other relationships, which the reader is invited to judge in the light of the first scene. ... The description of him eating it, as he: "broke the bread smeared it round and chewed greedily" is a prolepsis of the unseen sexual act that takes place after the story finishes. ... The women in ...

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the novel Like Water for Chocolate, there is also a great deal of symbolism throughout the whole story. The symbolism within this story represents the imprisoned life of Tita imposed on her from her mother. ... Finally, I think one of the most important symbols within the story is when Dr. ... This analogy is reflected in the very ending of the story. ... The fire, in short, is its food. ...

• Word Count: 1481
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin's The Awakening, is a memorable story of one woman's quest for self happiness and strength. ... Her first attempts at writing were brief sketches for a local newspaper which were short descriptions of her life in Louisiana. ... The Awakening is best described as a story of a sensual, determined woman who insists on her independence. ... By the end of the story, one sees that Edna is a very perceptive and strong person. ... The story does not have a rather joyful and uplifting ending though. ...

• Word Count: 1384
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In essence the story is: Katharina: Grrr. ... Ok that was maybe a stretch, but it does hit the main parts of the story. ... This story has some major flaws for this reader. ... I was happy there wasn't cross dressing in this story. ... In short, Taming of the Shrew is too bland for my taste. ...

• Word Count: 1566
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

A Parent's Love Has No Bounds " Harry, your father loves you," a loving father says to his son, who refuses to communicate with him, in the short story "My Son the Murder". ... Allow me to elaborate with an example in the short story "My Son the Murderer," written by Bernard Malamud. This story is about a distant father and son relationship, which is based on silence. ...

• Word Count: 1446
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In every short story read this semester, not one character loved another and was loved back equally. ... In the short story, "Princess Mary-, Pechorin decides that the princess will be his next conquest. ... After reading all these stories about the vices of mankind, it can be concluded that true love does not exist, at least in Russian literature. ...

• Word Count: 1555
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Guy De Maupassant in the short story "The Jewelry" writes about a man whose wife had apparently committed adultery on him. ... In the story M. ... In the story M, Lantin assumes that his wife had an affair. ... In the story she is referred to as a girl and not a woman, which means he could of well have been very much older than her. In the story, it also says that M. ...

• Word Count: 1560
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

With the children away, she would be free to do whatever it was she pleased without having to stop in order to take care of a scraped knee or read a bedtime story. ... She wanted to be independent and living by herself was the perfect way to do that, and she wanted to rid herself of the house she had been almost prisoner to for a large portion of her short life. ... Several clues in the story lead us to believe that it could not have been. The repeated mentioning of the ocean and its great significance near the beginning of the story lead us to believe that it would serve a greater purpose ...

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Men are naturally promiscuous since their biology allows them to procreate many times in a short period while women can only procreate once every 9 months. ... The bible is filled with stories that demean women and make women seem to be the evil half of the human race. The creation story is one good example of how discrimination of women was generated: "..it is emphasized that she was taken from the rib of Adam and is therefore a derived being. ... As a result of stories like this, a catholic woman may feel that her only purpose is to serve her husband. She may also feel a lot of guilt since E...

• Word Count: 2288
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

In the short story, "The Lady with the Dog", Anton Chekhov writes about a secret love affair between a married man and a married woman. ... Each of the story's settings reveals something about the couple. ... At the end of the story however, the couple recreates a small secret world of happiness in a Moscow hotel where outside, " the snow was falling in big wet flakes" (226). ...

• Word Count: 1275
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

This is shown as the men in the story trying to make themselves believe they are earnest and others believe they are "Ernest." ... So in this way Wilde relates to the characters in the story and their deception of oneself and others. ... Wilde uses his wit by using short, witty sayings to enlighten the situation. ... The conventional parental conflict over love maintains our interest in the love story, but the secondary conflict is far more original and engaging: Gwendolen will only marry someone named Ernest, which she believes Jack's real name to be. ...

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This quote by the female protagonist in Tobias Wolff's short story, "Say Yes- addresses the unlikelihood of an interracial couple as presented in Ann Petry's novel, The Narrows. ... Petry intentionally contrasts the two couples - Mamie and Powther, and Camillo and Link - in this story to show that although Mamie and Powther are a same race couple, does not mean they are a successful couple. ... This line refers to the male's reaction when the female protagonist in the story turns off the light to the couple's bedroom after they had an intense argument: "The sounds of someon...

• Word Count: 1612
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The Effect of Relationship's on Feelings Towards Others in "The Lady with the Dog- by Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov's "The Lady with the Dog- is the story of a married man bored by his wife and his relationship with a young woman, who is also married, while on vacation in Yalta. The relationship between the man, Dmitri Gurov, and the young lady, Anna Sergeyevna, is very intriguing when looking at the roles and the development of each character throughout the story. ... Another explanation for Dmitri's feelings may be the social norms at the time which this story was written...

• Word Count: 1562
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• Grade Level: High School

Pearl is the centerpiece of Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant; a novel which tells the story of her life through the eyes of the people she loved most, her children. ... The next week while Pearl was recovering, Beck came home from a short business trip and after a mild fight with Pearl left. ... Pearl apparently unknowing to her had a short fuse; she would explode at any moment with a fury of anger at her children. ...

• Word Count: 1740
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In Karen Brennan's short story "Runaways," we observe how physical abuse and infidelity leads to a family's separation and the resulting destructive impact on family and friends. ... Lou connects this same mussel in the end of the story to her family when she responds to her son's announcement that the mussel was still dreaming, ""This time things have gotten better in the mussel's dream"" (591). ...

• Word Count: 1554
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Of Hurston's four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. ... In conclusion of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie tells Pheoby the whole story. ...

• Word Count: 1360
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Character of the Wife The Wife's appearance in the play can be drawn from the short portrait in the general prologue. ... At the time when the story was written it is apparent that Jankin has in some way died or gone and she is possibly on the look out for husband number 6. "In parfit Joye; and Jhesu Christ us sende Housbondes meeke, youge, and fressh abbede, And grace t"overbide hem that we wedde;" This is the Wife's "blessing" on her story at the final end of her tale this is what indicates that Jankin's dead and she is hunting for new, "fresh" husbands. ...

• Word Count: 1482
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School