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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 ...

In eight pages characters from 'Barn Burning,' 'A Rose for Emily,' and 'Percy Grimm' are contrasted and compared and a discussion ...

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...

a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She ha...

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 circumstances surrounding their creation and the manifest events of the plot differ quite dramatically. For instance, one migh...

in the midst of an otherwise modern cityscape. In this manner, Emilys eventual psychological breakdown which leads to her murderin...

expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...

In five pages this essay examines Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' and 'A Rose for Emily' as they represent the themes of death and love....

does begin to notice the details of her life that she used to overlook, such as returning home, windblown and sunburned, and disco...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Sclarlet Letter is analyzed for the presence of a tragic hero. Using Aristotle standards the author of ...

In eleven pages this paper presents a thematic comparison of the novels by Faulkner and Hawthorne and the common threads of family...

In four pages this paper examines these authors' perceptions of women as they are represented in characterizations of sin and good...

This 5 page essay examines the character Nancy in the book by William Faulkner. 2 sources....

him and them" (Barna 324). The true source of the authors inner torment was never revealed, but there was little doubt that "evil...

Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...

a sense of apprehension. As he looks back to see her watching him as he rounds the corner by the meeting house he vows that thing...

we use our life experiences to decide what wee believe otherwise to be. In Young Goodman Brown we are faced with a...

the community as an oddity, "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town" (Faulkner 433). She ...

reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...

she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...

townspeople had actually seen her she still remained hidden until the appearance of a new character, Homer Barron. Homer is the an...

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...

was the case, but not in the manner which many would believe. I dont think there is any reason to believe that Emily was raging m...

so strongly rooted in the collective consciousness that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethica...

tone to the story that keeps the reader from fully empathizing with Emily or her situation. However, it is this distancing from Em...

fundamental structure of the story. These inferences help the reader to understand the symbolic messages hidden within the framew...

at the center of the town square, and to emphasize its importance, the narrator notes, "The villagers kept their distance" (Jackso...

were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...

Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...