YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Historical Context of Emily Dickinson
Essays 151 - 180
she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...
the Old South and the New South which further complicates the matter. In the Old South, the South ruled and supported by slavery...
late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...
pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...
oppressed. Later in the story the reader learns of how Emily was not allowed to have male suitors and how her only responsibilit...
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...
This paper discusses the character of Emily in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily.' This five page paper has no outside referen...
In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
specifically, it was an obsession as opposed to true love. What distinguishes these from each other is the element of personal sa...
It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...
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...
This paper compares the literary criticism of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner by Ray B. West Jr. in 'Atmosphere and Theme i...
In seven pages this paper examines how the social oppression of Southern women is represented through the constrictions Emily stil...
In ten pages this paper considers the poet and her poetry in terms of her preferred themes and life as a recluse. Ten sources are...
character, was treated fairly well by the family, but after Mr. Earnshaws death he is used and ridiculed by Hindley, Catherines br...
Additionally, Dickinson makes creative use of punctuation to create dramatic pauses between lines, as well as within them. The ...
17). While this image is certainly chilling, the overall tone of the poem is one of "civility," which is actually expressed in lin...
In a paper consisting of five pages the attitudes of these poets regarding God are discussed in terms of how they are reflected in...
of this in the following lines which use that imagery in the comparisons: "Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain,/ Who afte...
Dickinsons writing. While "no ordinance is seen" to those who are not participating in the war, it presence nevertheless is always...
of this world. She is saying good-by to earthly cares and experience and learning to focus her attention in a new way, which is re...
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...
In five pages these poets' visions of the next century are examined in a consideration of their respective works. Five sources ar...
In three pages these two poems are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....
In five pages this paper examines the nobility of friendship from the perspectives of these literary giants. Four sources are cit...
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...
therefore sees the differences between the two as being "artificial" - Dickinson was reclusive, and ridden with doubt, whereas Whi...
turning, hungry, lone,/I looked in windows for the wealth/I could not hope to own (lines 5-8). Dickinson now clearly classifies he...