The Purloined Letter Summary How It All Goes Down On a windy, fall night in Paris, sometime in the 1800s, the narrator and C. Auguste Dupin are smoking pipes in the dark, thinking their thoughts. Suddenly, G—, the head of the Paris police, enters. Do they want to hear a mystery? Do they ever! So …
The Purloined Letter By Edgar Allan Poe
At Paris, just after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18 — , I was enjoying the twofold luxury of meditation and a meerschaum, in company with my friend, C. Auguste Dupin, in his little back library, or book-closet, au troisième, No. 33 Rue Dunôt, Faubourg St. Germain. For one hour at least …
The Dolls House
Katherine Mansfield 1. Characters The character’s in Katherine Mansfield’s The Doll House are the Burnell sisters, Isabel, Keiza and Lottie, all of whom are of a wealthy family, and the Kelveys, Lil and Else who were of a low income family, with a father that was nonexistent. Other minor characters include Mrs. Hay who gave …
Symbolism in Tennessee Williams’ Play The Glass Menagerie
Matthew Arnold suggests that, “The pursuit of perfection, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.” In many ways, this is exactly what the characters of The Glass Menagerie are looking for in the play- perfection. They look for it in their future, as they search for a way to find security and hope. They find …
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The Glass Menagerie Study Guide
The Glass Menagerie was written in 1944, based on reworked material from one of Williams’ short stories, “Portrait of a Girl in Glass,” and his screenplay, The Gentleman Caller. In the weeks leading up to opening night (December 26, 1944 in Chicago), Williams had deep doubts about the production – the theater did not expect the …