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…: "My eyes were often full of tears (I could not tell why) and at times a flood from my heart seemed to pour itself out into my bosom."(23) When the day came for him to go, he told his uncle in the morning to remember to be home in time. But as the evening…

…, fallacious ethical perfectionism of the nineteenth century” (Griffith 18). “Clifford carries within him the ‘rusty, crazy, creaky, dry-rotted, damp-rotted, dingy, dark, and miserable old dungeon’ of the house” (Gollin 133). Even Ned Higgins, the mighty devour…

…Drake, Welty states: “What I do in writing of any character is to try to enter into the mind, heart, and skin of a human being who is not myself” (293). This helps her to create a character that has real emotions, needs, wants, and desires. Welty’s use…

…And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. -ECCLESIASTES 1:17-18 William…

…suggests in this story that the denial of our fears can lead to madness and insanity. The story begins on one "...dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year...."(264) From the very beginning, the reader, as a result of Poe's imagery, is aware…

…establishes a dark mood throughout the story. Hawthorne writes, "One of the ancestors of this family…had been pictured by Dante as a partaker of the immortal agonies of his Inferno…" The allusion of Dante refers to The Divine Comedy and the Inferno describes…

…spiritually enlightened. By becoming spiritually enlightened and avoiding evil, Dante proceeds much closer to the salvation of God. In The Inferno, Dante loses all sense of direction, reason, and he wander away from the True Way and enters the Dark Wood of Error…

…second thoughts on going, because it was raining out and it was dark. But my friend and I decided to make the trip anyway, despite the downpour and low visibility factor. We set out westbound from my hometown in Clarence. I was not exactly sure what…

…, and her dark eyes had the bright witch-like stare . . . ” (125). Through the author’s use of detail the reader is able to see that Ethan’s grey-haired wife is unpleasant to the eye. The narrator describes Zeena as lonely, “His wife looked so hard…

…Brad Ross English 1 9/24/01 November Rain: Hearts can Change Time is at constant flow, and what something is today, may not be the same tomorrow. One cannot step in the same river twice. Love is a prime example of how people’s emotions can effect…