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

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

necessarily as depressing as one could envision in relationship to the process of dying and the construction of a coffin outside h...

child, which is further emphasized by his stiff nature. All of these symbolic descriptions lay the foundation for understanding th...

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

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...

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...

judge asks if he can produce the black man, Harris said no, he was a stranger; then he says "Get that boy up here. He knows" (Faul...

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...

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...

coming of age and seeking an enlightened path, in the Freudian lens the boy is clearly trying to somehow come to terms with himsel...

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 ...

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

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

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

secrets are inferred. That her father suppressed her sexuality and thwarted her womans life is clearly stated. The town assumes t...

In five pages this pape examines how William Faulkner's splicing montage techniques are applied to presenting a family's many comp...

In six pages this paper discusses how escaping into nature is thematically developed in Henry Roth's Call It Sleep, William Faulkn...

The ways in which rounded characters are constructed within short stories are considered in a six page examination of Guy de Maupa...

In six pages this paper examines the opposing critical perspectives of Adams and Eldridge on William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. F...

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 five pages this paper examines the moral value and depiction of women in William Faulkner's Sanctuary, The Unvanquished, As I L...

In five pages this paper discusses these themes presented in William Faulkner's short story with also literary elements including ...

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 thirteen pages this paper discusses the fire symbolism featured in William Faulkner's Light in August, The Sound and the Fury, ...

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

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provides an overview of the basic characteristics and central themes related to the charact...

In five pages family dysfunction and its disintegration as represented in William Faulkner's Absalom! Absalom! and The Sound and t...