YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :2 Poems by Emily Dickinson
Essays 151 - 180
a child and she was a child/In this kingdom by the sea" (lines 7-8). These lines, as do the opening lines of the poem, establish a...
While this may be one way of looking at the story, and the character of Emily, it seems to lack strength in light of the fact that...
it is essentially the duty of this narrator. Beowulf is a man who sees his duty as that which involves risking his life. He goes...
This paper discusses the character of Emily in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily.' This five page paper has no outside referen...
In six pages this paper discusses the profound impact of the culture of the American South upon Emily Grierson in the short story ...
secrets are inferred. That her father suppressed her sexuality and thwarted her womans life is clearly stated. The town assumes t...
This paper compares the literary criticism of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner by Ray B. West Jr. in 'Atmosphere and Theme i...
In seven pages this paper examines how the social oppression of Southern women is represented through the constrictions Emily stil...
In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...
It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...
specifically, it was an obsession as opposed to true love. What distinguishes these from each other is the element of personal sa...
trees carry with them the promise of spring and new growth, new beginnings, which is evocative of the fact that the two children s...
flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...
she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...
is also presented in a manner that makes the reader see what a sad and lonely life she has likely led. This is generally inferred ...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
the Old South and the New South which further complicates the matter. In the Old South, the South ruled and supported by slavery...
late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...
pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...
farmer/is first selectman in our village;/shes in her dotage" (lines 4-6). As these lines indicate, the poem is in free verse. B...
in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth,- The sweeping up the heart, And...
Glossary of Literary Terms) by exposing opposite truths, as it relates to her perception of death. Retaining ones dignity i...
the first place, and what do his "fond regrets" concern? He does not tell us, but merely goes on describing his walk with...
In four pages the conformity or nonconformity of Coleridge's prose in this poem is compared with the sonnet's and epic poem's trad...
Donne takes a similar view in that he feels the ladys insistence on being concerned about honor is highly illogical, but he goes a...
thinks of the woods as property, more then as just a part of the vast natural world. To him, this lovely wood is part of the man-m...
the Berlin wall. And we also know that there will be just a "touch" of whimsy about the poem, when it begins with "something ther...
the narrator another instance where the town was concerned about Miss Emily and her home, which was over a smell, an awful smell o...
appreciate what it means to feel happy? The two most vivid images in this poem are religious in nature and are quite significant ...
To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was ...