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A Monomaniac is a person who has a burning passion and obsession for one certain leisure pursuit that devotes all of his or her time performing. In “The Oval Portrait,” by Edgar Allan Poe, the maiden is of rarest beauty full of happiness, and the painter who is evil who obsesses with his painting. Yet, the painter has been passionate and obsessive of his painting. Nevertheless, the maiden of rarest beauty compares to the fawn; therefore, the young maiden is affectionate and values everything…

into a Creole-Irish family that was entertained by a high place in society. Chopin was raised against the usual nineteenth century patriarchal household and used her own personal experiences to display her perspective in stories like “The Story of an Hour” and “The Storm”. Kate Chopin was born in St. Louis Missouri on February 8, 1851. Chopin was born into stable parents,…

Imagine hearing the news of the passings of a beloved one, but unintentionally having the sense of relief and ease. In “The Story Of An Hour” by Kate Chopin, the female character Mrs. Louise Mallard recieved tragic news from her sister Josephine; her husband was killed in a railroad accident. Louise recognizes that she will mourn her kind, loving husband, who she sometimes loved, but she is also joyful at the prospect of so many years to herself. In the short story, Mrs. Mallard’s actions and…

The Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville and the Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin both demonstrates the theme of freedom. In Bartleby the Scrivener, Melville shows that Bartleby is protesting against the authority and refuses to perform duties. On the other hand, in the Story of an Hour, Chopin shows that Ms. Mallard is grieving over her husband death and realization that she is free from the restraints of marriage. Both authors use theme, symbolism, and character to convey the meaning of…

story “The Story of an Hour.” In this short story, irony is displayed in many ways. A marriage is shared between a man and woman in the story in which the woman is responsible for the man’s happiness. It is revealed within the text that the wife is miserable in the life she lives with her husband. Throughout the course of the story, the marriage shared between the two main characters is how the theme of irony develops. Irony is depicted in the short story “The Story of an Hour” through the…

Kate Chopin is considered one of the first feminist writers of the twentieth century; she used literary realism for addressing issues of race, gender, colonialism, slavery, etc. We see her feminist approach in her portraying of women’s realities in the south and how their lack of independence and freedom affect their lives. In the other hand, Henry James is also realist in style, but he depicts reality from an objective impartial position, his personages are portrayed as a mirror. In his novel…

Hailey Westrup Kellor Hour 4 Day Of Tears Paper Day Of Tears is a book about the life of a slave named Emma. It shows us how exactly slaves like Emma were treated by their owners. I was shocked and disgusted by it. Shock and disgust were a just a few of the emotions I felt while I was reading this book. I had many other thoughts and emotions as I was reading it, and here is what they were. When I first started this book I expected there to be lots of beatings and whippings. I…

increase of travel time in a journey from an origin to destination. Travel time may become more variable and unpredictable as congestion increases. This situation causes the travel time is difficult to be predicted while commuting during morning peak hour. In addition, the new Park and Ride under government’s project near to Klang Komuter Station has been forecasted to increase the number of cars coming to the town and coincidentally making the traffic congestion worse. Thus, this study ensures…

Twenty years later we meet the next victim of the femme fatal, George Pemberton. In Susanne Bier’s movie Serena, the time period takes us back to the depression era. In North Carolina George Pemberton owns a timber business in the mountains. He is business partners with a man named Buchanan, and regularly hunts a panther with a stern man named Galloway. Not even ten minutes into the film George comes across the beautiful Serena Shaw, who came from a broken past. At the age of twelve there was a…

themselves with the thoughts or feelings of others. Generally, the majority of people share the self-serving characteristic in one way or another, and most people are often self-serving without even realizing they are doing so. In the stories “A story of an Hour,” “A Rose for Emily,” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” all three protagonists, Mrs. Mallard, Emily Grierson, and the grandmother all share the self-serving characteristic. Upon learning of her husband’s untimely passing, Mrs. Mallard…