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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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

like herself. From their initial conversation in the garden, Beatrice reassures him that she is sincere by stating that "Forget wh...

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

fighter due to the story regarding her missing teeth. In that incident she was demanding that an individual pay her for the work s...

black as synonymous with good and evil that immediately plunges Joe into an emotional turmoil, from which he never completely dise...

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

Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...

a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She ha...

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

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

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...

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 ...

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

terms, the trancendentalist is occupied with the natural over the synthetic. He uses vivid images in his explanation of what natu...

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

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

In five pages this paper examines the strong female characterizations of Hemingway's Lady Brett Ashley, Cather's Antonia Shimerda,...

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

This paper addresses Faulkner's various literary techniques, such as setting, theme, and characterization, in his short story, Bar...