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- A Rose For Emily
- William Faulkner::Emily, Toby(housekeeper), Colonel Sartoris, Homer Baron::Narrator unnamed townsperson::The house represents Emilys life, narrator has inconsistent dates, represents gossip
- Young Goodman Brown
- Nathaniel Hawthorne- Young Goodman Brown, Faith, Goody Cloyse Deacon Gookin, Fellow traveler..Narrator is unnamed third person.
- The Yellow Wallpaper
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman::Unnamed first Person narrator::John(Husband), Jeannie(John's sister, ideal), Mary(Helps around house)--Written to save people from going crazy, stop the rest cure. woman trapped in wallpaper represents tied and bound rest cure woman
- Peter Quince at the Clavier
- Wallace Stevens:: Alludes to Susannah(Apocrypha), Flesh is immortal, physical beauty and memories live on.
- Desiree's Baby
- Kate Chopin::Unnamed Narrator::Her parents are Volmondes, Armande, La blanche. Armands mother died in paris, he has darker skin..desiree commits suicide
- Incidents In The Life Of a Slave Girl
- Harriet Jacobs. Character named Linda Brent(first person), mr flint, mr sands, target audience was northern white women, has sexual purity threatened, wishes to live by rules of white women
- To Build a Fire
- Jack London::Unnamed Narrator::Demise is caused by lack of imagination or creativity.
- The Beast in the Jungle
- Henry James::John Marcher and May Bartram::Unnamed 3rd person narrator: John is stuck on faith, May loves john, relationship built on the beast, the beast is simply a void that john hopes to fill
- Uncle Toms Cabin
- Harriet Beecher Stowe-Narrator Third Person-Eliza/Henry(son Harry), Uncle Tom/Aunt Chloe, Mr Haley(slave hunter), Shelbys, senator bird, important themes are hope for freedom, seperation of families, religion
- Recitatif
- Toni Morrison::1st person narrator, Twyla:: Twlya(mom dancer), Roberta(mom sick), Maggie(beaten up)::Focused on hair throughout, race ambiguous
- Mowing
- Robert Frost-Unnamed 1st person-Dreaming allows narrator to escape work and reality-Good and positive, values labor.
- Editha
- W.D. Howells- Editha, George Grearson, Ms. Grearson-Narrator is Third Person--Patriotism is blind and ignorant-Editha lives by ideals
- After Apple Picking
- Robert Frost-Unnamed 1st person narrator- Dreaming signifies missed opportunities and goals-apples are metaphor for life, goals-dreams are realization that goals wont be accomplished-needs a fresh start(spring)
- Good Country People
- Flannery O'Connor::Unnamed 3rd person narrator::Ms. Hopewell, Hulga Hopewell, Manley Pointer, Mrs.Freeman(housekeeper)--Ironic use of intelligence against false ignorance(pointer)
- Everyday Use
- Alice Walker::1st person narrator, Momma::Dee(Wangero), Maggie(burned), Dees bf::change named to escape oppression::blanket has different worth to different members of family
- Sunday Morning
- Wallace Stevens: Unnamed Narrator- Debates religion, paradise, beauty::Beauty is death because it creates appreciation for life. "Death is the mother of beauty".
- The Law of Life
- Jack London::Unnamed Narrator::Old Koskoosh left to die by his tribe for being too old. Social darwinism, all men must contribute and then die; nature doesnt care about death. Sit-Cum-to-ha(granddaughter), Chief(son), Missionary(brought medicine, but didnt contribute)
- Snows of Kilimanjaro
- Earnest Hemingway::Unnamed 3rd person narrator:: Harry, Helen(wife), Molo(Servant)::Comfort weakened Harry's ability to life, wanted less of it
- Birches
- Robert Frost-unnamed first person narrator-dreaming, nostalgic towards his childhood-Tree signifies his life- represents his age(ice storm wears it down)