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judge asks if he can produce the black man, Harris said no, he was a stranger; then he says "Get that boy up here. He knows" (Faul...

child, which is further emphasized by his stiff nature. All of these symbolic descriptions lay the foundation for understanding th...

flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...

coming of age and seeking an enlightened path, in the Freudian lens the boy is clearly trying to somehow come to terms with himsel...

is also presented in a manner that makes the reader see what a sad and lonely life she has likely led. This is generally inferred ...

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...

had been older, he would have wondered why his father, would have witnessed the "waste and extravagance of war" and who "burned ev...

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

If the reader proves victorious at ascertaining the entire concept as a whole, while comprehending the connection of the detailed ...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...

living with Emily, which is certainly not proper but the town accepts this because there is sympathy for Emily who is a sad and lo...

(Faulkner). In the story of Miss Brill one does not see her as a tradition of the people, a sort of monument to an Old South bec...

fourth section is told by their black servants who give an outsiders look to these individuals who are undergoing change and obvio...

are similar to Emilys. The characters discussed are Carrie, from the film "Carrie," Norman Bates from the film "Psycho," Eleanor f...

the characters talk and interact creates a very different setting for the story. It also limits how we envision the story that unf...

It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...

a feeling that his ferocious conviction in the rightness of his own actions would be of advantage to all whose interest lies with ...

This essay pertains to William Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning," and the changing attitudes of its 10-year-old protagonist Sa...

In five pages this paper examines how William Faulkner's character Col. John Sartoris is presented somewhat differently in an anal...

This paper discusses the character of Emily in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily.' This five page paper has no outside referen...

lives, and all this really comes out as people and their relationships to the place that formed them (Smith ppg). Duality shown i...

In twenty pages twentieth century family dysfunction is considered in a comparative analysis of its portrayal in the characterizat...

content nor particularly happy with her lot in life. She brags to her husband and it is obvious that she could best him in almost...

The ways in which rounded characters are constructed within short stories are considered in a six page examination of Guy de Maupa...

In six pages this paper discusses how escaping into nature is thematically developed in Henry Roth's Call It Sleep, William Faulkn...

testify, to lie for his father he can "smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief, the old fierce p...

time reader knows the story may move on logically from her death to another consecutive event. However, after a couple of paragr...

whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument" (Faulkner I). In this one im...

Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...