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• Answered a Question in The Outcasts of Poker Flat

  Yes, there are a few religious overtones in the story. At the beginning of the story, when the outcasts are first leaving town due to...

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  These final 4 lines of the poem represent a shift in the tone of the poem and a conclusion to the poem's problem. In these final...

• Answered a Question in Literature

  The story explains how the main character of the story, Charlie Hartz, committed suicide at the apparent height of his life. However,...

• Answered a Question in The Dead

  The term "epiphany" refers to the Christian feast of the Epiphany on January 6th commemorating the three kings who visited Christ with...

• Answered a Question in H. E. Bates

  Nellie's motivation for leaving her family's house was due to boredom and her desire for excitement. This motivation is clearly seen...

• Answered a Question in The Fall of the House of Usher

  Between the three categories of a love story, a comedy, or a tragedy, "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a tragedy as it ends with...

• Answered a Question in A Rose in the Heart of New York

  The literary figure Jack Frost is depicted in the first paragraph of the story "A Rose in the Heart of New York" to personify coldness...

• Answered a Question in Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

  In her graphic novel, Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi uses panels (each individual picture) combined with captions to develop...

• Answered a Question in Revelation

  The biography of Flannery O’Connor is definitely relevant to understanding her short story "Revelation." O'Connor was from the same...

• Answered a Question in Good Country People

  The character Mary Grace from the short story "Revelation" and the character Hulga from the short story "Good Country People" share...