YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Gothic and Symbolic Elements in the Short Stories A Rose for Emily by William Faulker and Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe
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Are the descriptions of the narrator reliable or do they represent hallucinations brought on by a deteriorating mental state? In ...
the Old South and the New South which further complicates the matter. In the Old South, the South ruled and supported by slavery...
the author and his works this short story holds a deeper and more historical position. In relationship to the story itself, anot...
whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument" (Faulkner I). In this one im...
a nation of disillusionment, and we often find some sort of sympathetic resonance in tales of the dark and unholy. And the first p...
In three pages this essay examines how women are treated in the symbolic portrayal of Emily as being a rose in this short story by...
In seven pages this paper examines how the social oppression of Southern women is represented through the constrictions Emily stil...
In six pages this paper discusses the profound impact of the culture of the American South upon Emily Grierson in the short story ...
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...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...
flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...
she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...
- into a "setting conducive to unrest and fears" (Fisher 75). The narrator reveals that his grief over his wife Ligeias death pro...
deathly lit environment gives the mention of rose a very sad and lonely tone. While people may, at first, immediately think the ...
In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...
that a womans association with a man is what defined women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Yet, Emily was le...
assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...
In five pages this paper examines the gender relationships featured in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Ligeia' by Edgar A...
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...
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 examines how symbolism enhances Abner Snopes' characterization in William Faulkner's short story 'Barn Burning' in five...
In three pages this essay discusses this short story by Tennessee Williams in an analysis of techniques....
(without excluding the importance of the past), where everything is not spelled out neatly for the reader. The reader must interp...
This paper examines how women in America, particularly in the South, were treated as represented in 'A Rose for Emily,' a classic ...
This paper consists of six pages examines William Faulkner's life and the themes of life and death that abound in his novel The So...
In eight pages this paper discusses how Southern life, history and geography are depicted in the short stories 'A Rose for Emily,'...
In five pages this paper examines the themes featured in William Faulkner's short stories 'Dry September,' 'The Bear,' and 'A Rose...
this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...