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Grotesque in the Works of Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner

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...

European Thinking, Change, and Poetry

a vase and ask of what the pictures speak: "Thou still unravishd bride of quietness, / Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,...

Three Short Stories Set in the American South

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

Short Stories of William Faulkner and Their Themes

In five pages this paper examines the themes featured in William Faulkner's short stories 'Dry September,' 'The Bear,' and 'A Rose...

Symbols and Themes in “A Rose for Emily”

they sneak away; here the reference is to an angry and implacable god who is ready to strike down those who disobey. The second r...

Gatsby and Heathcliff

far more refined individual, even if he still slung to some of his impoverished perspectives. For example, he shows his need to sh...

3 Expert Tales of Death

later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...

Faulkner and Glaspell: Two Short Stories

men, and it was known that he drank with the younger men in the Elks Club--that he was not a marrying man" (Faulkner). This can be...

Love in Wuthering Heights

mother and in many ways Catherine is that female figure for him. He cannot bear to let her go, cannot bear to live without her and...

American Renaissance

This is not to say that the influence of European authors was not discernible in the work of these authors. For example, Melvill...

Wuthering Heights: Civilization and Anarchy

man of the house. Catherines father took Heathcliff in and ultimately one could argue he had lofty ideals, ideals that were closer...

Faulkner and Bambara on Communities

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

Edgar Allan Poe's "Ligeia" and William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" Uses of Gothic Symbolism

- into a "setting conducive to unrest and fears" (Fisher 75). The narrator reveals that his grief over his wife Ligeias death pro...

American Poetry

array of individuals that Whitman clearly associated himself with as perhaps an American. He states, "I am enamourd of growing out...

"A Rose for Emily": William Faulkner's Elegy for the Old South

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

CRITIQUE: COSTLIER U.S. FIX

finished creating mayhem yet. Mortgage-backed securities, backed by subprime mortgages, are likely to continue falling in value as...

A Rose for Emily/Use of Narration

of the story escalates the tension that is associated with this part of the narrative. There is considerable irony in the attitu...

Two Views of Love

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...

Poe and Faulkner: Comparing Symbolism

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

Miss Emily as Illustrated by her House

one of the most frequently anthologized stories in English, and one of the most popular. Its blend of horror, mystery and irony ar...

A Rose for Emily and the South

had died, the reader recognizes that Emily must always live in that Old South because of her father and his demands. But, at the s...

A Rose for Emily

deathly lit environment gives the mention of rose a very sad and lonely tone. While people may, at first, immediately think the ...

Hybridity and the Literature of Singapore and Malaysia

Culturally-relevant literature generally reflects the foundations of the culture in which it was developed, often creating a view ...

Literature and Community

great deal of literature there is a foundation that is laid in relationship to a community. The community is a part of the setting...

A Rose for Emily and the Art of Characterization

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...

Two Ghost Stories, Dickens and Bronte

attitudes that he has embraced have robbed his life of meaning and value. The ghosts remind him of his past and the choices that h...

"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner

This essay looks at "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and presents the argument that this story presents a critique of Southe...

Six Short Stories, Summary and Analyses

This paper presents discussion of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, ...

The Imagery of Death in Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"

extent to which she, as an unchanging artifact of her own times, is overpowered by death despite struggling against it at all poin...