Tag: short story
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Poe’s ‘The Cask of Amontillado’: Summary & Analysis
…he’s going to be slick about his revenge and not get caught
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Hemingway’s ‘A Clean, Well-lighted Place’: A Tale of Two Waiters
Not only does the older waiter sympathize with the old man, he identifies with him
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A Sweet, Short Story: Hemingway’s ‘A Day’s Wait’
Hemingway is a persona that lives on the page separate from the man himself
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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat”: Poe’s Sermon on Alcohol
Like the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart,” he gives himself away in a bit of bravado
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John Updike’s Short Story “A & P” Analysis
John Updike’s “A & P” is one of his most famous short stories
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Raymond Carver’s “Popular Mechanics” And Child Custody
The notion that the man would take custody of a baby when a couple splits up was deemed in 1981 as “crazy”
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James Joyce’s “Eveline”: A Heart-Wrenching Decision
James Joyce’s short story “Eveline” explores a heart-wrenching decision a young Dubliner must make
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Analysis: Ray Bradbury’s “Embroidery”
“Embroidery” offers us a provocative vignette about nuclear holocaust.