… Insanity, and the Ten Signs of Decay Since there never was a spurned lover stirring things up in Salem Village, and there is no evidence from the time that Tituba practiced Caribbean black magic, yet these trials and executions actually still…

… sorrows, hopes, and dreams of human kind. Although these folk tales may be aimed at children, but they surely reflect the values, assumptions, and concerns of our cultural traditions. They always portrayed one moral that obedience, good manners, beauty,…

… portrays mans dark side through the unexpected madness of the seemingly good-natured Dick Prosser and the actions taken by the town people. This story is set in an era when people believed race determined the moral character of a person. Many viewed…

… distinct symbolism when identifying his characters. The names of his characters are symbolic in their meaning; Hawthorne uses the idea of nature to put forth his point that his stories are symbolic to real life. As he states from the preface to the…

… Laurence develops many patterns common throughout her collection of short stories. Among these themes is the passing of character traits from one generation to another. Many of the characters develop characteristics demonstrated by their predecessors.…

… Lady Macbeth's character drastically changes from being sinister to feeble. Lady Macbeth was an evil, manipulative person whose greed and selfishness were eventually the downfall of her character and well being. During the beginning of "Macbeth",…

… is nothing more than a stress factory. A manufacturing plant dedicated to crowding their lives with unnecessary work. Should this really be the appropriate view though? School is supposed to help and encourage students lives, not shadow over…

… of you more often than of anyone else in this part of the world. I’d have like to have you for a sweetheart, or a wife, or my mother or my sister – anything that a woman can be to man” (Cather 206). In Willa Cather’s My Antonia, Jim Burden spoke…

… on the Word Sleep by Margret Atwood This is a poem about going into a dream. The speaker wants to sleep with a loved one and go into their dream and protect them from the subconscious fears. The speaker also wants to bring the loved one back from…

… can consume any man or women no matter what. They can be some of the most confusing things that sometimes may not ever make sense, but that’s what makes them so interesting. The two stories “Cat In The Rain” and “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter”…