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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...

The entire story of the Bundren family is tragic with its tale of poverty in the South and a family whose members are so caught up...

In seven pages this paper examines how the social oppression of Southern women is represented through the constrictions Emily stil...

This paper examines how women in America, particularly in the South, were treated as represented in 'A Rose for Emily,' a classic ...

In six pages this paper discusses the profound impact of the culture of the American South upon Emily Grierson in the short story ...

Each story is quite solidly set in their culture. In Hawthornes the narrator states, "Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset int...

In seven pages this paper examines how a children's film version of this whimsical comedy by William Shakespeare could be accompli...

an adult. A common situation in comedy is when capable, resourceful, sophisticated individuals are turned into a caricature of a...

or not he should warn the de Spains illustrate the strength of family loyalty or as Faulkner calls it "the old fierce pull of bloo...

to admit for three days that he was dead. The narrator says, "We did not say she was crazy then. We believed she had to do that. W...

he recognizes the inconsistencies between the social representation of men and women, and is bold enough to comment upon them. Th...

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

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...

In five pages this paper examines the gender relationships featured in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Ligeia' by Edgar A...

In five pages this paper examines how perspectives on the past manifest themselves in the storytelling of 'How to Tell a True War ...

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

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...

times (Faulkner). Fed up with Snopess carelessness and laziness-Harris provides wire for Snopes to repair his hog pen, but the man...

whats wrong, one character yells, "HES SLOW!" But Ned knows a secret: the horse will run through almost anything for a sardine! He...

What is particularly interesting about these observations as they relate to such works as Carson McCullers A Member of the Wedding...

and even tells her grandfather that "I never dreamed [your beard] was a birds nest" (Welty, 47). Stella-Rondo had accused Sister o...

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

the Old South and the New South which further complicates the matter. In the Old South, the South ruled and supported by slavery...

ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...

utterly free. When Emily discovers that her boyfriend is gay, her instant fear of what the community would think of her leads he...

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. While vastly different in tone, each author addresses the fact that slavery and the le...

no one save an old manservant -- a combined gardener and cook -- had seen in at least ten years" (Faulkner). To the outside wor...

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