Literary Quote of the Day: “The Joy that Kills”

May 30, 2022 By

Today’s literary quote of the day involves an ironic short story from a great writer of ironic short stories. It’s from Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour.” Set the scene: Louise Mallard loves her husband and his tragic, sudden death shocks Mrs. Mallard into a state of…….joy. What the heck?!?! We’ll let her explain: […]

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Literary Quote of the Day: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted in the MDG

May 29, 2022 By

One of the worst movies ever created is based on one of my favorite short stories, “The Most Dangerous Game.” And when I say one of the worst movies, I mean one of the best movies. It’s so bad it’s good. Today’s literary quote comes from this story. Sanger Rainsford thinks he’s pretty cool as […]

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“The Cask of Amontillado” Themes: Quotes from the Cask of Amontillado

October 12, 2016 By

Before you read my clever introduction, here’s a Cask of Amontillado quotations writing assignment: Quotations Writing Assignment for Cask of Amontillado THE thousand lesson plans of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon teaching “The Cask of Amontillado” themes without quotes from “The Cask of Amontillado,” I vowed revenge. At […]

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