YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Barn Burning by William Faulkner
Essays 241 - 270
that Faulkner is telling. We can only speculate as to his reasons for not allowing her to speak directly and instead relying on ot...
the circumstances surrounding their creation and the manifest events of the plot differ quite dramatically. For instance, one migh...
assume the role of Confederate General Pemberton in their games, dividing the role between them "or [Ringo] wouldnt play anymore" ...
pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...
in the midst of an otherwise modern cityscape. In this manner, Emilys eventual psychological breakdown which leads to her murderin...
expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...
late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...
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...
reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...
the community as an oddity, "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town" (Faulkner 433). She ...
such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled sil...
the novel. He is caught up in the outdated cultural mythos of the South, where men were suppose to be strong and women were virgin...
townspeople had actually seen her she still remained hidden until the appearance of a new character, Homer Barron. Homer is the an...
was the case, but not in the manner which many would believe. I dont think there is any reason to believe that Emily was raging m...
she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...
the student rewrites this research for inclusion in his or her own paper, the student can , of course, reorganize the material in ...
being. But, she is a fighter it seems, represented by the fact that she has many missing teeth due to struggles with the white man...
tone to the story that keeps the reader from fully empathizing with Emily or her situation. However, it is this distancing from Em...
fundamental structure of the story. These inferences help the reader to understand the symbolic messages hidden within the framew...
The supposed madness of the titled protagonist is the focus of this paper consisting of six pages and evaluates whether or not she...
In five pages the relationship between Addie and her children before and after her passing is considered in terms of such themes a...
only to make the reader see. A novelist of course is supposed to show and not tell. Through showing the reader the story, a moral ...
at the center of the town square, and to emphasize its importance, the narrator notes, "The villagers kept their distance" (Jackso...
In five pages Col. John Sartoris's role in the story is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
In five pages a gender role perspective is presented in an examination of Dry September through an application of deductive and in...
In five pages the character of Minnie is evaluated in terms of her lying tendencies from the beginning and the racism theme is als...
struggle to find order among chaos (Monarch Notes PG). There was a definite method to the madness of Faulkners writing, and its n...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the theme of insanity is depicted within the characterization of Emily and her mental illness. ...
In eleven pages this paper presents a thematic comparison of the novels by Faulkner and Hawthorne and the common threads of family...
have little respect for each other as people. This family, in the end, only gives a surface appearance of going beyond their indiv...