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William Faulkner, Stephen Crane, and Family Values

In 5 pages the young protagonists in Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' short story and Crane's Maggie A Girl on the Streets novel are con...

Cockroach Eulogy

In five pages this lighthearted sample of creative writing involving a student's dorm roommate, a beloved pet cockroach....

Interview Process and a Sample of Writing

education services to incarcerated special needs students. These students must be provided services if they are under twenty-two ...

Comparison Between Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner Short Stories

In three pages this essay compares O'Connor's 'Good Country People' with Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' in terms of their usage of ...

Analyzing Three Tales by William Faulkner

In eight pages characters from 'Barn Burning,' 'A Rose for Emily,' and 'Percy Grimm' are contrasted and compared and a discussion ...

Grotesque in the Works of Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner

In five pages the grotesque is analyzed within the context of Faulkner's short story 'A Rose for Emily' and O'Connor's short story...

Fathers and Sons in the Works of Arthur Miller and William Faulkner

In five pages this research paper compares Miller's Death of a Salesman and Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' in an examination of relatio...

Emily Grierson a Grotesque Character

late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...

Allegory and Symbolism in the American Gothic Short Stories "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and "Ligeia" and "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe

wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...

Faulkner: Spotted Horses and Barn Burning

about the less-than-illustrious Snopes clan of Yoknapatawpha County, a family that appears in most of Faulkners works. In both sto...

A Rose for Emily and the Art of Characterization

as a proper Southern lady, with the pretention of adhering to a moral code above that of the common person, but in reality, she fo...

"Barn Burning" by William Faulkner

This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" and focuses on the character of Abner Snopes. The writer argues that ...

Poe and Faulkner: Comparing Symbolism

the circumstances surrounding their creation and the manifest events of the plot differ quite dramatically. For instance, one migh...

"A Rose for Emily" - The Oedipal Complex

in the midst of an otherwise modern cityscape. In this manner, Emilys eventual psychological breakdown which leads to her murderin...

Faulkner's "The Unvanquished" - Discussion Questions

assume the role of Confederate General Pemberton in their games, dividing the role between them "or [Ringo] wouldnt play anymore" ...

Thomas Hobbes and the Influence of Francis Bacon

In seven pages this paper examines how Thomas Hobbes' writings were influenced by Francis Bacon....

'Mr. Calvesina Goes Home' Creative Writing Model

In four pages a character study featuring mostly dialogue is the focus of this creative writing model sample....

Internal Environment of a House and Creating a 'Home Away From Home'

the house from the kitchen, or why he seemed to need to carry every cast-iron skillet from the oven into the hallway. That was ju...

Writing Classification Concept

In four pages this paper discusses classification as it pertains to writing....

Writing Style of Nathaniel Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter

In nine pages this paper examines the writing style featured in this novel in a consideration of characterization structure and de...

Writing Exercise: Autobiography

like an angel because she was so caring and helpful, and I couldnt get her, or nursing, out of my mind. I soon realized that nursi...

Fathers and Sons

In all honesty it is not really a poem about abuse but a poem about life and the love that exists between the narrator and the fat...

Observation of a Mall

to the music, as well as some people who are actually shopping, offer a cross-section of Durhams population. For example, there ar...

North and South in That Evening Sun by William Faulkner

South in some way" (William Faulkner). For example, "If he is talking about a child, it is a child in the South. If Faulkner is w...

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner and Human Relationship Need

story is told in a way that is anything but straightforward" for "the novel has no single narrator" but rather "has 15 narrators- ...

A look at Faulkner's Absalom Absalom and Wild Palms

the wealth that lingers in the background. Yet, this rags to riches story includes murder and mayhem and the fact that Sutpen earn...

Similarities and Differences in Yellow Wallpaper and A Rose for Emily

This 10 page essay analyzes the characters presented by Faulkner and Gilman. The author of this essay contends that each of these...

Romantic Literature and the Idealization of Children

In ten pages this paper examines how children were idealized in the romantic writings of Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Charlotte...

War and its Compelling Literary Themes

In nine pages this paper examines how war's compelling themes are depicted in the literary works the Bhagavad Gita and the writing...

City in Writing of the Late Medieval Era

In six pages this paper examine 'The Taill of the Uplondis Mous and the Burges Mous' by Robert Henryson, 'To the Merchantis of Edi...