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Computer System Project

This 10 page paper looks at the way a project to install a computer system in a shop may be planned. The paper focuses ion the pla...

Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)

Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...

Afghanistan Development - Review And Recommendations

nations employ many Afghans. On April 29-30, 2007, Afghanistan held the Fourth Afghanistan Development Forum (ADF) in Kabul (Afg...

'As I Lay Dying' by William Faulkner

youngest, wants a toy train. The two remaining brothers, Jewel and Darl, want nothing for themselves, but the journey brings to it...

William Faulkner's Writings and Fire Symbolism

In thirteen pages this paper discusses the fire symbolism featured in William Faulkner's Light in August, The Sound and the Fury, ...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Significance of Poison

that he will do anything to avenge his death and bring the now King Claudius to justice. He understands that it will not be easy ...

Symbolism and Theme in the Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor

In five pages a contrast and comparison of O'Connor's short stories 'Everything That Rises Must Converge' and 'Good Country People...

Men in 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

In six pages this short story is analyzed in terms of male bonding and how the relationship between the men changes throughout the...

Decay and Death in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

In five pages this paper examines decay and death in a thematic analysis of this famous short story by William Faulkner particular...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner and Insanity

In 5 pages this paper examines how the theme of insanity is depicted within the characterization of Emily and her mental illness. ...

Analyzing 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner and 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

at the center of the town square, and to emphasize its importance, the narrator notes, "The villagers kept their distance" (Jackso...

An Exploration of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

The supposed madness of the titled protagonist is the focus of this paper consisting of six pages and evaluates whether or not she...

Analysis of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

fundamental structure of the story. These inferences help the reader to understand the symbolic messages hidden within the framew...

Analysis of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

tone to the story that keeps the reader from fully empathizing with Emily or her situation. However, it is this distancing from Em...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Desiree's Baby' by Kate Chopin and Social Class

she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

was the case, but not in the manner which many would believe. I dont think there is any reason to believe that Emily was raging m...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner and the Character of Homer Barron

townspeople had actually seen her she still remained hidden until the appearance of a new character, Homer Barron. Homer is the an...

Old South in 'A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

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

Foreshadowing in Faulkner's A Rose for Emily

Faulkner writes that the druggist questions Emily about the use of the arsenic and explains that he by law must ask her about her ...

Switching Partners

yo like. Ill be home tonight." The screen door made a little snick as it swung closed, and she was alone. She pulled the gown back...

Community in "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara

the community as an oddity, "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town" (Faulkner 433). She ...

The Imagery of Death in Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"

extent to which she, as an unchanging artifact of her own times, is overpowered by death despite struggling against it at all poin...

Literary Themes

a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...

Faulkner/Knight's Gambit

starting point by which to judge his slow drift away from this position towards enforcing justice as he sees it. In "Monk," Faul...

Symbolism and the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Such a setting, she points out, simply added to the fear and accusations of witchcraft against innocent people (Jacobs). I...

A 'Barn Burning' Marxist Analysis

limited means to make a living. The fires he sets may be construed as the rage that burns inside of him. This arsonist is continua...

Revelation of Colonel Sartoris Snopes in 'Barn Burning' by William Faulkner

or not he should warn the de Spains illustrate the strength of family loyalty or as Faulkner calls it "the old fierce pull of bloo...

Concept of Time in The Sound and the Fury and 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

appeared to have a definite problem in separating fact from fantasy -- and a patent refusal to accept national transformations (su...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' Explicated

in a language that, though poetic, little resembles modern English: "By very force he raft hir maidenheed, / For which oppressioun...

Escaping into Nature Through Literature

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