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Storytelling and the Past

In five pages this paper examines how perspectives on the past manifest themselves in the storytelling of 'How to Tell a True War ...

Scholarly Criticism of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

to admit for three days that he was dead. The narrator says, "We did not say she was crazy then. We believed she had to do that. W...

Revelation of Colonel Sartoris Snopes in 'Barn Burning' by William Faulkner

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...

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...

Margaret Atwood, William Faulkner and Their Fictional Depictions of Women

In five pages the fictional representations of women featured in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dying by Will...

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...

Joyce, Faulkner, Poe, and Their Short Stories' Gender Relationships

In five pages this paper examines the gender relationships featured in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Ligeia' by Edgar A...

For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls by Christopher Durang

Durang's satire of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie is considered in this report of five pages in which the author's succes...

Star Wars by John Williams

This essay offers an overview of the melody and harmony used in John William's main theme from Star Wars. The writer compares Will...

'The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality' by Bernard Williams

almost visceral, level. Whether or not the student agrees or not will generally be based on a personal belief system, ideology, re...

The Act of Murder in Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily'

her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...

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...

Nocturnal Fear in Faulkner's, That Evening Sun

fighter due to the story regarding her missing teeth. In that incident she was demanding that an individual pay her for the work s...

Short Storie Elements in Works by John Updike, Flannery O'Connor, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, Mark Twain, and Nathaniel Hawthorne

like herself. From their initial conversation in the garden, Beatrice reassures him that she is sincere by stating that "Forget wh...

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...

Women as Depicted by William Faulkner in 'The Hamlet'

of the careful construction lends enough credibility for the reader to suspend disbelief, but all the while, when one backs up to ...

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- ...

"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 ...

Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" - Southern Society and the Grotesque

pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...

"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner

reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...

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...

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" ...

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...

Faulkner and Bambara on Communities

expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...

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...

American Social Evolution in the Writings of Zora Neale Hurston and William Faulkner

In eight pages this paper discusses how social evolution is represented in the characters of Janie Woods in Hurston's Their Eyes W...

Women's Roles in Works by William Faulkner and Nathaniel Hawthorne

In four pages this paper examines these authors' perceptions of women as they are represented in characterizations of sin and good...

Two Female Characters in U.S. Fiction

5 pages and 2 sources used. This paper provides an overview and a comparison of the lives and characteristics of two central fema...