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Human Psychology in William Faulkner's Sanctuary and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

In three pages this paper examines the primary characters in these two stories in terms of society's treatment of them and human p...

"Gawain and the Greek Knight"/"Wife of Bath's Tale"

face" (lines 444-445)("Sir Gawain" 229). The head then warns Gawain not to forget their agreement, which is that Gawain will submi...

Faulkner's Rose for Emily/Time Imagery

the narrator another instance where the town was concerned about Miss Emily and her home, which was over a smell, an awful smell o...

Select Canterbury Tales

Introduction Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales are truly timeless stories that tell the reader something of the history of Europ...

The Female Characters in William Faulkner's 'Light In August'

spirit of her brother and grandfathers abolitionist movement, however, this attempt is only an extension of what two strong men be...

American Author William Faulkner's Life and Writings

gloried in the proud history of the plantation South that secured a place of honor for the aristocrat, and yet he abhorred the opp...

William Faulkner's Narrative Perspectives in As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury

own precipitous fall from grace. The narrative is composed primarily of internal monologues and is subdivided into sections that ...

Original Adventure Story 'Sun Solders'

and others call him "Prairie Dog." Why would someone call a squirrel a dog? Maybe they...

Shark Slayer

and so on. But what really sets Oscar apart is his style-or lack thereof. He wants to be cool and hip, but hes actually pretty sil...

The Tale of Despereaux

out in the soup and died which led to a banishment of all soup. Soup was a major part of the kingdom and as such the sun and rain ...

Something Wicked This Way Comes (Book Review)

the work very quickly and this is attributable to the quality of the writing. An example comes from the first paragraph in the fir...

Foreshadowing in “A Tale of Two Cities”

or around the bend. In Two Cities, Dickens uses a great deal of foreshadowing, and it starts with the very first line. "It was th...

Sam Shepard: Cruising Paradise: Tales

could think of was his own breath, and then "Peace, he thought, and as quickly as the thought shaped itself, peace left him" (Shep...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' Explicated

in a language that, though poetic, little resembles modern English: "By very force he raft hir maidenheed, / For which oppressioun...

Storytellers the Knight in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and Gulliver in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

In five pages these tellers of tales are compared. There are no other sources listed....

Literature and Analysis of Character, Theme, Symbols, and Setting

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...

Southern Locations and Their Importance in the Works of William Faulkner

lives, and all this really comes out as people and their relationships to the place that formed them (Smith ppg). Duality shown i...

Social Influence and 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

he recognizes the inconsistencies between the social representation of men and women, and is bold enough to comment upon them. Th...

Sanctuary by William Faulkner and Justice

In 6 pages this paper discusses human and cosmic justice within the context of this novel by William Faulkner and also considers h...

Faulkner's Comedy

of comedic elements. As Addie Bundren lays dying her son Cash is busy building her coffin. This is, in many ways, a very powerf...

Biography of William Faulkner

This was only the first of many contradictions that would emerge in William Faulkner that would make his life more difficult than ...

A 'Barn Burning' Marxist Analysis

limited means to make a living. The fires he sets may be construed as the rage that burns inside of him. This arsonist is continua...

Eight Works of Literary Fiction and the Influence of Social Position

- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...

Comparative Analysis of the Characters in Works by William Faulkner and John Steinbeck

kills them when hes trying to pet them, not realizing his own strength. His strength, in fact, is his downfall - when he first mee...

The Sound and the Fury Novel Analysis

father -- by playing creatively on and within its margins" (239). According to Gwin, in the patriarchal order Faulkner has establ...

Monstrous Aspects of The Hamlet by William Faulkner

The Hamlet is Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. This is a "dark world" that is haunted by the past, particularly the legacy of sl...

Three Short Stories Set in the American South

this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...

Quest for the Purpose of Life in 'Absalom, Absalom!' and 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'

overrule her inherent independence as a strong, black woman by telling Phoeby she can "tell em what Ah say if you wants to. Dats ...

Toni Morrison, William Faulkner, and the Uses of Syntax and Language

cohesive literary glue that holds it all together. One of the ingredients of that glue is the use of language. His particular use ...