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In five pages this paper examines how William Faulkner's character Col. John Sartoris is presented somewhat differently in an anal...

In seven pages this paper examines the history of the Old South as it reveals intself in William Faulkner's short story. Four oth...

In five pages this paper examines racial prejudice and gender issues within the context of William Faulkner's story. There is one...

In six pages the concept of freedom through death as a release from life's hardships is examined through such works as William Fau...

success is also her own. Jacks mother dotes on him, and in turn, she becomes the center of his universe. However, Jacks mother a...

a feeling that his ferocious conviction in the rightness of his own actions would be of advantage to all whose interest lies with ...

are similar to Emilys. The characters discussed are Carrie, from the film "Carrie," Norman Bates from the film "Psycho," Eleanor f...

the characters talk and interact creates a very different setting for the story. It also limits how we envision the story that unf...

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

and we do see a wonderful complexity that is both subtle and descriptive. We see this in the opening sentence, which is seems to b...

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...

living with Emily, which is certainly not proper but the town accepts this because there is sympathy for Emily who is a sad and lo...

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

In five pages this paper examines the themes featured in William Faulkner's short stories 'Dry September,' 'The Bear,' and 'A Rose...

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

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

had been older, he would have wondered why his father, would have witnessed the "waste and extravagance of war" and who "burned ev...

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

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

great deal of literature there is a foundation that is laid in relationship to a community. The community is a part of the setting...

had died, the reader recognizes that Emily must always live in that Old South because of her father and his demands. But, at the s...

literary criticism entitled, The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction, Judith Fetterley described "A Rose for...

is also presented in a manner that makes the reader see what a sad and lonely life she has likely led. This is generally inferred ...

he will bring the excitement back into her life. When she gives him a cutting from her prized mums to give to another woman (its a...

This essay pertains to William Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning," and the changing attitudes of its 10-year-old protagonist Sa...

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

testify, to lie for his father he can "smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief, the old fierce p...

(Faulkner). In the story of Miss Brill one does not see her as a tradition of the people, a sort of monument to an Old South bec...

fourth section is told by their black servants who give an outsiders look to these individuals who are undergoing change and obvio...

While this may be one way of looking at the story, and the character of Emily, it seems to lack strength in light of the fact that...