Essays 91 - 120
In 5 pages this paper examines how the theme of insanity is depicted within the characterization of Emily and her mental illness. ...
In seven pages this paper examines the history of the Old South as it reveals intself in William Faulkner's short story. Four oth...
The ways in which female protagonists are controlled by men are discussed in a comparative analysis of these literary works consis...
In five pages this paper discusses these themes presented in William Faulkner's short story with also literary elements including ...
In five pages the viewpoint's functions in these respective stories are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources liste...
In 5 pages this paper discusses the North and South oppositional relationship as depicted in these stories by Bierce and Faulkner....
The supposed madness of the titled protagonist is the focus of this paper consisting of six pages and evaluates whether or not she...
The ways in which Faulkner portrays the themes of death and love in these two short stories are considered in five pages. There a...
This 10 page essay analyzes the characters presented by Faulkner and Gilman. The author of this essay contends that each of these...
were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...
at the center of the town square, and to emphasize its importance, the narrator notes, "The villagers kept their distance" (Jackso...
so strongly rooted in the collective consciousness that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethica...
her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...
Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...
taught, by her father, those attitudes that provide them the social status they were born into, a class common to the traditional ...
of the heart, an unredeemed dreariness"( Seelye, 101). The reader is told that Roderick Usher is the last in a long line of an Ar...
says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...
was the case, but not in the manner which many would believe. I dont think there is any reason to believe that Emily was raging m...
are similar to Emilys. The characters discussed are Carrie, from the film "Carrie," Norman Bates from the film "Psycho," Eleanor f...
the characters talk and interact creates a very different setting for the story. It also limits how we envision the story that unf...
assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...
that her father is dead. Therefore, she reasons that he is merely resting and is still capable of making decisions for her. She wo...
living with Emily, which is certainly not proper but the town accepts this because there is sympathy for Emily who is a sad and lo...
townspeople had actually seen her she still remained hidden until the appearance of a new character, Homer Barron. Homer is the an...
she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...
Faulkner writes that the druggist questions Emily about the use of the arsenic and explains that he by law must ask her about her ...
utterly free. When Emily discovers that her boyfriend is gay, her instant fear of what the community would think of her leads he...
reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...
the community as an oddity, "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town" (Faulkner 433). She ...
in humanity until he hears the voice of his wife. When he stumbles out of the woods the next morning, he is a changed man. He ha...