YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
Essays 211 - 240
father -- by playing creatively on and within its margins" (239). According to Gwin, in the patriarchal order Faulkner has establ...
The Hamlet is Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. This is a "dark world" that is haunted by the past, particularly the legacy of sl...
kills them when hes trying to pet them, not realizing his own strength. His strength, in fact, is his downfall - when he first mee...
In seven pages this paper examines how women are depicted as stereotypes in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dy...
also clear that he has suffered at the hands of the townspeople. Mostly, Hightower wants to be left alone and suffer in his emotio...
of comedic elements. As Addie Bundren lays dying her son Cash is busy building her coffin. This is, in many ways, a very powerf...
"exciting, gripping story of crime and bloodshed" (Anonymous PG) leaves the reader with many unanswered questions, which only serv...
overrule her inherent independence as a strong, black woman by telling Phoeby she can "tell em what Ah say if you wants to. Dats ...
cohesive literary glue that holds it all together. One of the ingredients of that glue is the use of language. His particular use ...
Murry Falkner was interested in railroads, hunting and drinking, not necessarily in that order. Alcoholism was the Falkner family...
whats wrong, one character yells, "HES SLOW!" But Ned knows a secret: the horse will run through almost anything for a sardine! He...
What is particularly interesting about these observations as they relate to such works as Carson McCullers A Member of the Wedding...
and even tells her grandfather that "I never dreamed [your beard] was a birds nest" (Welty, 47). Stella-Rondo had accused Sister o...
In six pages this paper examines America's declining morality and also considers social corruption and the breakdown of the family...
In five pages the interaction between character and participation in an event that generates conflict is considered in 'Barn Burni...
In five pages this essay examines the influence of the Book of Genesis on such authors as William Faulkner and Thornton Wilder. T...
This paper examines the important role the past plays in Absalom, Absalom! a 1936 novel by William Faulkner in six pages. There a...
to acquire land that turns a profit from their constant toil. "...The land is made habitable and profitable for him by the black ...
This paper analyzes how symbols and illusions are used in 'The Bear,' a short story by William Faulkner, in five pages. Two sourc...
This paper examines how the Bildungsroman or coming of age technique is employed by William Faulkner in the portrayal of his 11 ye...
Character strengths and weaknesses and their family relationships are examined in this analysis of As I Lay Dying by William Faulk...
The entire story of the Bundren family is tragic with its tale of poverty in the South and a family whose members are so caught up...
lends variety to a work that otherwise might become monotonous. But in short stories, only one point of view is generally used, a...
of her life. One of the children asks her whats wrong: " I aint nothing but a nigger, Nancy said. It aint none of my fault " ("Tha...
In nine pages this essay discusses the consequences of time on the Compsons featured in The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner...
and "marrying well". In the twentieth century, however, the Compsons breed a retarded child; two of the siblings have an incestuou...
In five pages the fictional representations of women featured in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dying by Will...
indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...
In 6 pages this paper discusses human and cosmic justice within the context of this novel by William Faulkner and also considers h...
This story by William Faulkner is examined in 5 pages in which characterizations and settings are analyzed. There are 5 sources c...