Short stories Essay Examples Page 2

Tim Winton’s collection of short stories, “Minimum of Two”, endorses the importance of not only enduring but coming out on top. Through the often inspiring tales of Rachel, Queenie and the unnamed girl in “The Water was Dark and it went Forever Down”, the reader becomes aware of the necessity of persisting to succeed. Nevertheless,…

William Trevor’s short stories explore several themes; faded love, hopeless marriage, as well as alienation and loneliness. By focusing on two of these short stories, The Distant Past, and In Isfahan, these themes that usually set a mood of melancholy will be compared and contrasted within the coursework. It will be shown that the above…

The two short stories, ‘A Difference’, written by David Belbin in 1990, and ‘The Red Room’ a story by H. G. Wells in 1896, have many variances. As the stories were written in different centuries, there is an expectancy that they would differ in terms of setting, theme and character. Probably one of the most…

Thomas Hardy was one of the great writers of his time, producing novels such as ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ and ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’. He is also renown for his short stories and poetry, which seem to all focus on women. In this essay I intend to analyse certain aspects of Hardy’s life, and…