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The locations and settings in literature reflect the internal feelings of characters and set diversified tones for its exposition. Anton Chekhov's short story integrates scenes in Moscow, Yalta, and an unnamed provincial town called S–. The geographic distinctions and environmental disparities between Yalta and Moscow exemplify the inner alterations of two primary characters, Dmitri and Anna. Chekhov initially presents Dmitri in a detestable light, illuminating his bitterness and misogyny as he…

Throughout the short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper", Charlotte Perkins Gilman takes the reader on an adventure of how women were treated during the period of the rest cure. Many women during this period have a certain standard they have to live up to. In "The Yellow Wallpaper", the husband realizes that his wife is sick and needs medical attention. He then realizes that the only way she could get better is through the rest cure. The rest cure was developed in the late 1800's and is displayed…

The Tell-Tale Heart Research In 1843, Edgar Allan Poe’s 2,200- word first person unreliable narrative short story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” was published. Edgar Allan Poe was a successful editor, literacy critic and American writer who wrote short stories and poetry. The Tell-Tale Heart is known for its unnamed narrator’s insanity and classifies Poe’s writing as a gothic fictional story. The narrator explains in the opening of the story that he killed the old man, but it was not for passion nor…

just really speaks to me, and I really empathized with Sonny in a way, I can feel the pain and suffering he had experienced all those years. When he talks at the end, his narrative just feels so powerful and it’s like you’ve taken his place for a short amount of time and experience his pain. I personally believe that one of the main reasons Sonny turned to the life of drugs, is because his inability to tell his story. In the story he tries to tell the Narrator so many times why his life the way…

throughout her short story Good Country People that makes this quotation have a different meaning than what it looks like to an ignorant eye. By the time the 20th century rolled around, people were tired of reading books that had clear and simple plots. By using irony throughout Good Country People, Flannery O’Connor is able to supply readers with a far deeper understanding of the plot through Hulga Hopewell, Manly Pointer, and Mrs. Freeman, three of the main characters in the short story. In…

The short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker analyzes the complex relationships found between and among family members, more specifically between two sisters and their mother. The two sisters, Maggie and Dee, come from an African American heritage. The mother of the two sisters is seeing how each of her daughters will preserve their heritage by their actions. Not only through their actions will the mother see but also by their personalities and ideas concerning their heritage. The mother used…

In the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker”, published in 1824 by Washington Irving, a conversion from an illustrative, descriptive tone to a revealing tone is a technique the author uses to give the reader an insight into the selfishness and greed of the character Tom Walker and his wife. Many literary elements are used in writings from this period in time and even writings from the present in order to convey a lesson, or moral, for the person reading to take away from the piece of literature…

The lottery by Shirley Jackson, is a short story about a small town that holds a lottery once a year. Every year during the month of June the lottery is held, one person is carelessly selected to be stoned until death by the villagers. For the past seventy years the villagers has held the annual lottery. By using metaphor, Mrs. Jackson uses characters names, objects, and the setting to hide the true meaning and purpose of what the lottery really is. When using the characters names…

In the short story "Scar" by Amy Tan, the title is thoroughly complemented to the story. The author creates an organized plot that exhibits the numerous uses of literary devices such as symbolism, figurative language, and progression in order to make it obvious to the reader that the title brings out the entire premise of the story. Amy Tan uses a great deal of symbolism in her novella which stands out in her work and makes her writing more compellingand appealing to the reader. Her…

married, she settled in Bennington, Vermont; she had a hard time with the town society. She wrote many novels for money, but “the lottery” was a short story published by the New Yorker Magazine on the June 26, 1948. The author wrote this story right after World War II ended in Europe. The Jackson story became the most widely known American short story. This short story brought biggest shock to readers who read “the Lottery”. In a story, there are three important things; they are - Allegorys,…