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In five pages this paper discusses the repetitive themes in this trio of short stories by William Faulkner. Seven sources are cit...

In eight pages this paper discusses how Southern life, history and geography are depicted in the short stories 'A Rose for Emily,'...

and "marrying well". In the twentieth century, however, the Compsons breed a retarded child; two of the siblings have an incestuou...

lends variety to a work that otherwise might become monotonous. But in short stories, only one point of view is generally used, a...

In six pages this paper discusses the profound impact of the culture of the American South upon Emily Grierson in the short story ...

Character strengths and weaknesses and their family relationships are examined in this analysis of As I Lay Dying by William Faulk...

The entire story of the Bundren family is tragic with its tale of poverty in the South and a family whose members are so caught up...

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

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...

also clear that he has suffered at the hands of the townspeople. Mostly, Hightower wants to be left alone and suffer in his emotio...

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...

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

of comedic elements. As Addie Bundren lays dying her son Cash is busy building her coffin. This is, in many ways, a very powerf...

appeared to have a definite problem in separating fact from fantasy -- and a patent refusal to accept national transformations (su...

overrule her inherent independence as a strong, black woman by telling Phoeby she can "tell em what Ah say if you wants to. Dats ...

Murry Falkner was interested in railroads, hunting and drinking, not necessarily in that order. Alcoholism was the Falkner family...

cohesive literary glue that holds it all together. One of the ingredients of that glue is the use of language. His particular use ...

her best friend, about Joe Starks, who is an ambitious man that soon becomes the mayor of a small town called Eatonville. But Jani...

death, Addie exerts control over her family because they seek--by fulfilling her last wish--to somehow make a connection with her ...

In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...

father -- by playing creatively on and within its margins" (239). According to Gwin, in the patriarchal order Faulkner has establ...

this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...

"exciting, gripping story of crime and bloodshed" (Anonymous PG) leaves the reader with many unanswered questions, which only serv...

The Hamlet is Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. This is a "dark world" that is haunted by the past, particularly the legacy of sl...

kills them when hes trying to pet them, not realizing his own strength. His strength, in fact, is his downfall - when he first mee...

with trouble as he holds Desdemonas handkerchief. Bianca notes it and states: "O Cassio, whence came this? This is some token from...

beautiful and good-tempered woman and Baptista is aware that will have no difficulty in finding her a husband; however, Katherine ...

further mystified. She states, "The four young men seated in this classroom are not merely judges. They are the victims of a very ...

-- but to deny their husbands sex until the men agree to sign a treaty. It is the women, therefore, who actually end the war. Rea...