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Grotesque in the Works of Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner

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...

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...

Comparison Between Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner Short Stories

In three pages this essay compares O'Connor's 'Good Country People' with Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' in terms of their usage of ...

The Rise of the Dictators by Peter Banyard

In eight pages this essay considers the power rises of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini as depicted by Peter Banyard in The Rise ...

Short Stories of William Faulkner and Their Themes

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

Plot and Character Analysis of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

no one save an old manservant -- a combined gardener and cook -- had seen in at least ten years" (Faulkner). To the outside wor...

Social Influence and 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

he recognizes the inconsistencies between the social representation of men and women, and is bold enough to comment upon them. Th...

The Transformation of Major Central Cities

7 pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the transformation of major cities. This paper looks at the proce...

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...

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...

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 ...

Symbols and Themes in “A Rose for Emily”

they sneak away; here the reference is to an angry and implacable god who is ready to strike down those who disobey. The second r...

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...

The Imagery of Death in Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"

extent to which she, as an unchanging artifact of her own times, is overpowered by death despite struggling against it at all poin...

"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...

Literature and Community

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

A Rose for Emily/Use of Narration

of the story escalates the tension that is associated with this part of the narrative. There is considerable irony in the attitu...

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 ...

"A Rose for Emily": William Faulkner's Elegy for the Old South

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

Edgar Allan Poe's "Ligeia" and William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" Uses of Gothic Symbolism

- into a "setting conducive to unrest and fears" (Fisher 75). The narrator reveals that his grief over his wife Ligeias death pro...

Two Views of Love

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...

Poems: Dickinson, Donne, Marvell, Parker, and Roethke

and taken blood from both. He tries to convince her that to give in to him, to give him herself, has been ultimately blessed by th...

3 Expert Tales of Death

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

Faulkner and Glaspell: Two Short Stories

men, and it was known that he drank with the younger men in the Elks Club--that he was not a marrying man" (Faulkner). This can be...

How Did the New Left Lead to the Rise of the New Right?

support one another, and as a result, there was great social change. Perhaps the greatest success of the New Left was the Brown v....

"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner

This essay looks at "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and presents the argument that this story presents a critique of Southe...

Six Short Stories, Summary and Analyses

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

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 and the South

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...

A Review of Mike Rose's Book, Lives on the Boundary

house. Sometimes that extended to taking Mike to the large library downtown. Lou would teach Mike about astronomy, taught him how ...