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Essays 31 - 60
deathly lit environment gives the mention of rose a very sad and lonely tone. While people may, at first, immediately think the ...
This essay pertains to William Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning," and the changing attitudes of its 10-year-old protagonist Sa...
it is encompasses self-sacrifice, pity and compassion for others, who are also suffering through lifes hardships. Essentially, thi...
social factor to which he is excluded, Abners anger is compounded by the fact that the Negro servant does not acknowledge his whit...
This essay looks at "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and presents the argument that this story presents a critique of Southe...
the narrator another instance where the town was concerned about Miss Emily and her home, which was over a smell, an awful smell o...
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 three pages this essay discusses this short story by Tennessee Williams in an analysis of techniques....
This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Dry September." The writer offers analysis of the plot and argues that Faulkner use...
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...
In eight pages characters from 'Barn Burning,' 'A Rose for Emily,' and 'Percy Grimm' are contrasted and compared and a discussion ...
says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...
beating his wife which illustrates a theme of the helpless, and perhaps primarily the helplessness of women in society controlled ...
of her father and her eventual release from her house, little is known of the first thirty years of her life in addition to the li...
men, and it was known that he drank with the younger men in the Elks Club--that he was not a marrying man" (Faulkner). This can be...
In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...
she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...
the Old South and the New South which further complicates the matter. In the Old South, the South ruled and supported by slavery...
of the story escalates the tension that is associated with this part of the narrative. There is considerable irony in the attitu...
ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...
that her father is dead. Therefore, she reasons that he is merely resting and is still capable of making decisions for her. She wo...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
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...
taught, by her father, those attitudes that provide them the social status they were born into, a class common to the traditional ...
this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...
kills them when hes trying to pet them, not realizing his own strength. His strength, in fact, is his downfall - when he first mee...
Each story is quite solidly set in their culture. In Hawthornes the narrator states, "Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset int...
or not he should warn the de Spains illustrate the strength of family loyalty or as Faulkner calls it "the old fierce pull of bloo...
In five pages this paper examines how perspectives on the past manifest themselves in the storytelling of 'How to Tell a True War ...
appeared to have a definite problem in separating fact from fantasy -- and a patent refusal to accept national transformations (su...