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

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

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

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...

of the bible belt that anyone who is connected to the clergy are inherently good people when in fact clergy are human beings, subj...

- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...

This was only the first of many contradictions that would emerge in William Faulkner that would make his life more difficult than ...

limited means to make a living. The fires he sets may be construed as the rage that burns inside of him. This arsonist is continua...

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

In four pages That Evening Sun by William Faulkner is examines in a consideration of the interaction between the children and Nanc...

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

specifically, it was an obsession as opposed to true love. What distinguishes these from each other is the element of personal sa...

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

sort of injustice, it would have engendered a certain amount of sympathy for him in the reader. Faulkner goes to great lengths to ...

who would stretch the definition to include all living beings, but then that would open the interpretation and debate to include a...

In five pages the fictional representations of women featured in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dying by Will...

This story by William Faulkner is examined in 5 pages in which characterizations and settings are analyzed. There are 5 sources c...

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...

In 6 pages this paper discusses human and cosmic justice within the context of this novel by William Faulkner and also considers h...

In six pages this paper examines America's declining morality and also considers social corruption and the breakdown of the family...

Northerners make such a big deal out of something that wasnt originally a big deal to Southerners at all. Bayards Granny, like man...

In nine pages this essay discusses the consequences of time on the Compsons featured in The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner...

This paper examines the important role the past plays in Absalom, Absalom! a 1936 novel by William Faulkner in six pages. There a...

to acquire land that turns a profit from their constant toil. "...The land is made habitable and profitable for him by the black ...

This paper analyzes how symbols and illusions are used in 'The Bear,' a short story by William Faulkner, in five pages. Two sourc...

In five pages this essay examines the influence of the Book of Genesis on such authors as William Faulkner and Thornton Wilder. T...

In five pages the interaction between character and participation in an event that generates conflict is considered in 'Barn Burni...

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

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