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Stories by Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner

chose to make his sentences histories of actual perceptions and thoughts, an accomplishment recognized by biographer Carlos Baker,...

The Act of Murder in Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily'

her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...

"Barn Burning" by William Faulkner

This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" and focuses on the character of Abner Snopes. The writer argues that ...

"A Rose for Emily" - The Oedipal Complex

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

Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" - Southern Society and the Grotesque

pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...

Faulkner's "The Unvanquished" - Discussion Questions

assume the role of Confederate General Pemberton in their games, dividing the role between them "or [Ringo] wouldnt play anymore" ...

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...

Faulkner: Spotted Horses and Barn Burning

about the less-than-illustrious Snopes clan of Yoknapatawpha County, a family that appears in most of Faulkners works. In both sto...

Poe and Faulkner: Comparing Symbolism

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

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 ...

Emily Grierson a Grotesque Character

late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...

Women as Depicted by William Faulkner in 'The Hamlet'

of the careful construction lends enough credibility for the reader to suspend disbelief, but all the while, when one backs up to ...

North and South in That Evening Sun by William Faulkner

South in some way" (William Faulkner). For example, "If he is talking about a child, it is a child in the South. If Faulkner is w...

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner and Human Relationship Need

story is told in a way that is anything but straightforward" for "the novel has no single narrator" but rather "has 15 narrators- ...

Women's Roles in Works by William Faulkner and Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

Two Female Characters in U.S. Fiction

5 pages and 2 sources used. This paper provides an overview and a comparison of the lives and characteristics of two central fema...

Fathers and Sons in the Works of Arthur Miller and William Faulkner

In five pages this research paper compares Miller's Death of a Salesman and Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' in an examination of relatio...

Racism in Works by Nella Larsen and William Faulkner

heritage that he ignored his wifes infidelity and she ultimately committed suicide. In addition, there is Faulkners Lena Grove, t...

An Overview of the Theme of Intimidation in A Rose for Emily and Big Black Good Man

This 5 page essay explores Faulkner's and Wright's choices of characters and their common burden of intimidation. Interrelationsh...

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...

Life and Works of William Faulkner

below. The Faulknerian characters viewpoint is that ...of a passenger looking backward from a speeding car, who sees, flowing aw...

Roles and Rights of Women in Works by Kate Chopin and William Faulkner

that Faulkner is telling. We can only speculate as to his reasons for not allowing her to speak directly and instead relying on ot...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

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

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner and Family

strong in any respect, and there is no indication that the bonds are tight within this family. This changes when Caddy really app...

World of Willliam Faulkner

nor hard-chargers like Charlotte Rittenmeyer in ""The Wild Palms" seem to win Faulkners full approval, though they all, like all h...

William Faulkner, Stephen Crane, and Family Values

In 5 pages the young protagonists in Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' short story and Crane's Maggie A Girl on the Streets novel are con...

Ralph Ellison, William Faulkner, and Ken Kesey Christ Symbolism

In eleven pages this report considers Ellison's Invisible Man, Faulkner's Light in August, and Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's ...

Background and the Stories of William Faulkner

to Murry and Maud Butler Falkner, an "old south" family that remembered the Civil War - the familys patriarch, William Clark Falkn...

Analyzing Three Tales by William Faulkner

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

Comparison Between Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner Short Stories

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 ...