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Essays 31 - 60
her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...
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...
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...
It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...
black as synonymous with good and evil that immediately plunges Joe into an emotional turmoil, from which he never completely dise...
gloried in the proud history of the plantation South that secured a place of honor for the aristocrat, and yet he abhorred the opp...
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...
in the midst of an otherwise modern cityscape. In this manner, Emilys eventual psychological breakdown which leads to her murderin...
assume the role of Confederate General Pemberton in their games, dividing the role between them "or [Ringo] wouldnt play anymore" ...
pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...
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- ...
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...
of the careful construction lends enough credibility for the reader to suspend disbelief, but all the while, when one backs up to ...
This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" and focuses on the character of Abner Snopes. The writer argues that ...
This essay pertains to William Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning," and the changing attitudes of its 10-year-old protagonist Sa...
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...
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...
later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...
necessarily as depressing as one could envision in relationship to the process of dying and the construction of a coffin outside h...
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...
In all honesty it is not really a poem about abuse but a poem about life and the love that exists between the narrator and the fat...
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 ...