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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 nine pages this essay discusses the consequences of time on the Compsons featured in The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner...

and "marrying well". In the twentieth century, however, the Compsons breed a retarded child; two of the siblings have an incestuou...

This paper examines the important role the past plays in Absalom, Absalom! a 1936 novel by William Faulkner in six pages. There a...

to acquire land that turns a profit from their constant toil. "...The land is made habitable and profitable for him by the black ...

This paper examines how the Bildungsroman or coming of age technique is employed by William Faulkner in the portrayal of his 11 ye...

In five pages this paper discusses how the past is revived in 'Babylon Revisited' by F. Scott Fitzgerald and in 'A Rose for Emily'...

In five pages this paper compares the death of the author's mother to the natural disaster of wildlife refuge flooding. There is ...

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...

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...

Durang's satire of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie is considered in this report of five pages in which the author's succes...

almost visceral, level. Whether or not the student agrees or not will generally be based on a personal belief system, ideology, re...

This essay offers an overview of the melody and harmony used in John William's main theme from Star Wars. The writer compares Will...

"Dead Mens Path." It seems at first glance to be a very straightforward tale. However, as one critic points out, "In the post-Fouc...

he so closely identifies with him, which is precisely Poes point-the narrators is not normal, but is quite insane. The point of ...

decline, from onset to death, takes but "half an hour" (Poe). In the face of this overwhelming specter of death, Prince Prospero i...

This 4 page paper discusses four of E.A. Poe's short stories, and critical reaction to his work. Bibliography lists 6 sources....

a political fundraiser with a blind man named Bovanne. She shocks her daughters by behavior they regard as unbefitting for a woma...

It does not necessarily make men evil or bestial, but it does recognize that we live in a patriarchal society and that the structu...

cases from the point of view that the person on trial is guilty. There is no presumption of innocence until proven guilty-he start...

cold hearted person. She was like this because she was afraid to really look at herself. She was also afraid to hope for anything ...

why he became an addict; he also express great uncertainty about his life after hes released from prison (Class lecture on "Sonnys...

she is the sort of woman who would love to go to such an event, but could not possibly go to such without looking regal and wealth...

of superstition that he is there to stamp out. He suggests that the villagers build a new path skirting the school grounds; he rem...

this relationship, which is entails infidelity and, therefore, mistrust and lies. Similarly, miscommunication and infidelity pla...

enough cotton over the next summer to buy her a new coat. However, it is also clear that his mother feels compelled to hold James ...

paper and open a vein. The point is that non-writers dont understand how difficult writing is; writers do, and frequently wish th...

still places on the planet where nature is more important than man and his machines, and where nature actually "knows best" and sh...