Summary and Analysis of “The Eyes”

Originally published in the June 1910 issue of Scribner’s Magazine, Edith Wharton’s “The Eyes” tells of a man’s encounters with his own personal ghosts. The main paranormal element in this short story is a pair of grotesque, disembodied eyes which appear during times…

The Life of Edith Wharton

In her early years, Wharton contributed to magazines like Scribner’s and Harper’s, co-authored a book on designing homes, The Decoration of Houses (1897), with architect and designer Ogden Codman Jr, published collections of stories, and released her first novel (Pallardy). Her…

Poems inspired by “The Eyes”

The opening scene of “The Eyes” by Edith Wharton, eight men (5 shown in this image) sit around

The Remedy

“Doctor, my aunt is no medical expert, though she is a kind and generous woman, which would make her suitable then for this profession. I went to her originally hoping that her gentleness could soothe me, or perhaps she might share a bit of wisdom that women naturally possess as nurturers and caregivers. You…

i felt his gaze

observer observing

Bend, boy; bend back on your tongue
not the brow. And let that not quiver 
with trepidation, not for the moments
you may doubt I hold your hand in gratitude,
rather than in restraint;
that your mind is too inferior to intercept with
one like…

Goals for This Project

Creative interpretations allowed us to further navigate the text and explore not necessarily Mr. Andrew Culwin, but the man behind the man. His colleagues all seem to have a certain impression of him, and he certainly had his own impression of the eyes, but how do these two overlap? What…