YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Past in Absalom Absalom by William Faulkner
Essays 241 - 270
pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...
This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" and focuses on the character of Abner Snopes. The writer argues that ...
reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...
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...
expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...
late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...
about the less-than-illustrious Snopes clan of Yoknapatawpha County, a family that appears in most of Faulkners works. In both sto...
so strongly rooted in the collective consciousness that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethica...
strong in any respect, and there is no indication that the bonds are tight within this family. This changes when Caddy really app...
below. The Faulknerian characters viewpoint is that ...of a passenger looking backward from a speeding car, who sees, flowing aw...
that Faulkner is telling. We can only speculate as to his reasons for not allowing her to speak directly and instead relying on ot...
In all honesty it is not really a poem about abuse but a poem about life and the love that exists between the narrator and the fat...
such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled sil...
the community as an oddity, "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town" (Faulkner 433). She ...
In six pages this paper analyzes the Southern family decline as represented by the Compson clan in The Sound and the Fury and also...
have little respect for each other as people. This family, in the end, only gives a surface appearance of going beyond their indiv...
In eleven pages this paper presents a thematic comparison of the novels by Faulkner and Hawthorne and the common threads of family...
struggle to find order among chaos (Monarch Notes PG). There was a definite method to the madness of Faulkners writing, and its n...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the theme of insanity is depicted within the characterization of Emily and her mental illness. ...
In five pages Col. John Sartoris's role in the story is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
The supposed madness of the titled protagonist is the focus of this paper consisting of six pages and evaluates whether or not she...
In five pages a gender role perspective is presented in an examination of Dry September through an application of deductive and in...
In five pages the character of Minnie is evaluated in terms of her lying tendencies from the beginning and the racism theme is als...
and simplistic style she employs. "The lottery was conducted--as were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween program--by...
only to make the reader see. A novelist of course is supposed to show and not tell. Through showing the reader the story, a moral ...
at the center of the town square, and to emphasize its importance, the narrator notes, "The villagers kept their distance" (Jackso...
In five pages the relationship between Addie and her children before and after her passing is considered in terms of such themes a...
were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...
fundamental structure of the story. These inferences help the reader to understand the symbolic messages hidden within the framew...
the novel. He is caught up in the outdated cultural mythos of the South, where men were suppose to be strong and women were virgin...