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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...

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

necessarily as depressing as one could envision in relationship to the process of dying and the construction of a coffin outside h...

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

While this may be one way of looking at the story, and the character of Emily, it seems to lack strength in light of the fact that...

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...

(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...

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...

there are certain things a person must do, certain things a man must feel and never turn away from. So many men were lost in their...

oppressed. Later in the story the reader learns of how Emily was not allowed to have male suitors and how her only responsibilit...

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

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

and we do see a wonderful complexity that is both subtle and descriptive. We see this in the opening sentence, which is seems to b...

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...

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...

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

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

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

secrets are inferred. That her father suppressed her sexuality and thwarted her womans life is clearly stated. The town assumes t...

In five pages this paper discusses these themes presented in William Faulkner's short story with also literary elements including ...

In six pages this paper examines the opposing critical perspectives of Adams and Eldridge on William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. F...

In five pages this paper examines the impact of Addie's death at the beginning of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying to present the...

An analysis consisting of five pages compares the ways in which three protagonists attempt to improve their lives. The works exam...

In six pages the concept of freedom through death as a release from life's hardships is examined through such works as William Fau...

In seven pages this paper examines the history of the Old South as it reveals intself in William Faulkner's short story. Four oth...

In five pages this paper examines racial prejudice and gender issues within the context of William Faulkner's story. There is one...

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