Anton LaVey

Analyzing “How I Met My Husband”, Alice Munro composes a short story that reveals multiple themes, revolving around the desires of the protagonist, Edie,and how she fulfills them. The story is about a young hired girl, Edie, working for Dr. Peebles and his family. One afternoon, Edie meets Chris Watters, a pilot whom she eventually produces an intimate relationship with then ends up leaving and never speaking to her again. In the short story, “How I Met My Husband”, Alice Munro entertains her readers

Abstract This short story by Raymond Carver shows how the routines of life can sometimes create a dull sense in a person causing dismissal of emotional connection simply because there is no need. Through the eyes of the narrator, the ability to see places his at a disadvantage to emotionally connect with other, namely his wife. He’s inability to see his troubled marriage suddenly puts him in a jealous and judgmental state when he meets a blind friend of his wife, named Robert, who comes to visit

Authority of text has been a debatable topic for centuries and it is still a controversial subject nowadays. Especially it is relevant for drama texts, due to the fact that they are written to be played on stage and adapted by other directors, hence, they can be modified through their own interpretation. While ancient dramas face up copyright ownership dilemma too, more modern plays just struggle with playwright’s authority; in other words, the extent to which playwright can be called an owner of

Literary Analysis of The Swimmer Thesis: Cheever uses symbolism, imagery, and tone to convey the theme of narcissism and suburban emptiness during the 1960’s. Symbolism Pools Storms Seasons End of youth Decline Imagery Setting Characters Tone Conclusion: Cheever’s use of literary devices drives the plot of the ideal mid-century lifestyle. Literary Analysis of The Swimmer The Swimmer by John Cheever was published in 1964. The short story show the reader the emptiness many experienced

making the individual become unreasonable with their winning to the extent that they quit their duties, hobbies and even their jobs and rather prefer to be addressed as the one who won the lottery. ‘‘The Lottery Ticket’’, a short story written by Anton Chekhov depicts just how a little change such as winning the lottery can influence the values and viewpoints of people. As seen in the short story the protagonist Ivan Dmitritch was for the first time changing his viewpoint about his wife as the narrator

The short story Her first ball is written by Katherine Mansfield, a prominent modernist writer from New Zealand. The short story was first published in the Weekly Westminster Gazette, then later included in her third collection of short stories, The Garden Party and Other Stories. Her first ball centers on young Leila who has moved from the countryside to the city and is attending her first ball along with her cousins. Considering Mansfield wrote the short story in the early 1920s, and also bearing

Why, honey? is a short story written by Raymond Carver. The story has been written in the form of a mother’s letter describing the problematic and untrustful relationship between a fearing mother and her son. Fear, trust and desperation are constantly present in this story which Carver has written to hint a treacherous and heartless image of powerful people masked into a story about a boy and a mother. In the very beginning you can see that you are reading a letter as the story starts with the words

Every story has a setting. Whether it is in this world or one that is completely imaginary, the setting of any story is necessary in order to understand the characters. The characters in the following three short stories are shaped by their setting and would not be the same if the setting was different. Over the course of each story it is easy to see how vital the setting is in order for the reader to fully understand the characters and their lives. Therefore, while the reader reads these stories

This paper will discuss the female roles in Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen and The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov. The females in Ibsen and Chekhov’s plays depict societies view of females during the late 1800s and early 1900s, a time when women’s fight for equality and social reform began to emerge. The prejudice against women is demonstrated through the way in which they are portrayed and how they are at the mercy of their male counterparts. Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler centers on the obsessed female protagonist

Michael Chekhov is a Russian born and raised actor, director, and playwright. He was the nephew of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, one of the greatest short fiction writers in history. At the age of 20 Michael Chekhov auditioned to work under Stanislavsky and joined the First Studio of the Moscow Art Theatre. There he worked with and was influenced by Stanislavsky, Leopold Sulerzhitsky, and Yevgeny Vakhtangov, to name a few. Stanislavsky referred to Chekhov as “his most brilliant student” and when