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says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...

later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...

did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...

content nor particularly happy with her lot in life. She brags to her husband and it is obvious that she could best him in almost...

the author and his works this short story holds a deeper and more historical position. In relationship to the story itself, anot...

This paper presents discussion of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, ...

yo like. Ill be home tonight." The screen door made a little snick as it swung closed, and she was alone. She pulled the gown back...

white masters raped their black female slaves and as such many of those females gave birth to interracial children who were slaves...

that a womans association with a man is what defined women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Yet, Emily was le...

secrets are inferred. That her father suppressed her sexuality and thwarted her womans life is clearly stated. The town assumes t...

It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...

This paper considers the similar falls of each family in a comparative analysis of these novels by Nathaniel Hawthorne and William...

This paper compares the literary criticism of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner by Ray B. West Jr. in 'Atmosphere and Theme i...

the Old South and the New South which further complicates the matter. In the Old South, the South ruled and supported by slavery...

honesty, no such thing for anyone. She seeks happiness in many avenues of pursuit but she may well be unrealistic in all she pursu...

otherworldly and immovable. She is not a fully functioning human being. Louise Mallard is also damaged, but her weakness is physi...

flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...

deathly lit environment gives the mention of rose a very sad and lonely tone. While people may, at first, immediately think the ...

These short stories are contrasted and compared in six pages with characters, themes, and endings analyzed. Six sources are cited...

of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms. She was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber; as white as the couch...

studying the nature outside the window, and begins to allow us to see that she is experiencing something far more profound and far...

In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument" (Faulkner I). In this one im...

And, it is in this essentially foundation of control that we see who Emily is and see how she is clearly intimidated by these male...

In five pages this paper presents an analysis of this short story in terms of how imagery, similes, foreshadowing and parallelism ...

This paper examines how symbolism enhances Abner Snopes' characterization in William Faulkner's short story 'Barn Burning' in five...

she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...

she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...

In six pages this paper discusses how escaping into nature is thematically developed in Henry Roth's Call It Sleep, William Faulkn...