YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Rose for Emily by Faulkner
Essays 31 - 60
pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...
literary criticism entitled, The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction, Judith Fetterley described "A Rose for...
- into a "setting conducive to unrest and fears" (Fisher 75). The narrator reveals that his grief over his wife Ligeias death pro...
ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...
extent to which she, as an unchanging artifact of her own times, is overpowered by death despite struggling against it at all poin...
in the midst of an otherwise modern cityscape. In this manner, Emilys eventual psychological breakdown which leads to her murderin...
Are the descriptions of the narrator reliable or do they represent hallucinations brought on by a deteriorating mental state? In ...
the community as an oddity, "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town" (Faulkner 433). She ...
reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...
This essay looks at "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and presents the argument that this story presents a critique of Southe...
In five pages this paper discusses the repetitive themes in this trio of short stories by William Faulkner. Seven sources are cit...
Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...
fundamental structure of the story. These inferences help the reader to understand the symbolic messages hidden within the framew...
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...
as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...
townspeople had actually seen her she still remained hidden until the appearance of a new character, Homer Barron. Homer is the an...
Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...
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...
no one save an old manservant -- a combined gardener and cook -- had seen in at least ten years" (Faulkner). To the outside wor...
The supposed madness of the titled protagonist is the focus of this paper consisting of six pages and evaluates whether or not she...
he recognizes the inconsistencies between the social representation of men and women, and is bold enough to comment upon them. Th...
In seven pages this paper examines the history of the Old South as it reveals intself in William Faulkner's short story. Four oth...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the theme of insanity is depicted within the characterization of Emily and her mental illness. ...
that she did not have the wherewithal to match the experience of the opposing gender. It can be argued that the very first words ...
In seven pages this paper examines how the social oppression of Southern women is represented through the constrictions Emily stil...
This paper examines how women in America, particularly in the South, were treated as represented in 'A Rose for Emily,' a classic ...
In six pages this paper discusses the profound impact of the culture of the American South upon Emily Grierson in the short story ...
In three pages this essay examines how women are treated in the symbolic portrayal of Emily as being a rose in this short story by...
In five pages this paper examines decay and death in a thematic analysis of this famous short story by William Faulkner particular...