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This was only the first of many contradictions that would emerge in William Faulkner that would make his life more difficult than ...
Murry Falkner was interested in railroads, hunting and drinking, not necessarily in that order. Alcoholism was the Falkner family...
black as synonymous with good and evil that immediately plunges Joe into an emotional turmoil, from which he never completely dise...
and simplistic style she employs. "The lottery was conducted--as were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween program--by...
at the center of the town square, and to emphasize its importance, the narrator notes, "The villagers kept their distance" (Jackso...
If the reader proves victorious at ascertaining the entire concept as a whole, while comprehending the connection of the detailed ...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
no one save an old manservant -- a combined gardener and cook -- had seen in at least ten years" (Faulkner). To the outside wor...
Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...
she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...
Are the descriptions of the narrator reliable or do they represent hallucinations brought on by a deteriorating mental state? In ...
the community as an oddity, "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town" (Faulkner 433). She ...
reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...
Character strengths and weaknesses and their family relationships are examined in this analysis of As I Lay Dying by William Faulk...
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...
have little respect for each other as people. This family, in the end, only gives a surface appearance of going beyond their indiv...
In six pages this paper examines the opposing critical perspectives of Adams and Eldridge on William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. F...
lends variety to a work that otherwise might become monotonous. But in short stories, only one point of view is generally used, a...
This paper examines how symbolism enhances Abner Snopes' characterization in William Faulkner's short story 'Barn Burning' in five...
In seven pages this paper examines how the social oppression of Southern women is represented through the constrictions Emily stil...
This paper examines how women in America, particularly in the South, were treated as represented in 'A Rose for Emily,' a classic ...
In six pages this paper discusses the profound impact of the culture of the American South upon Emily Grierson in the short story ...
secrets are inferred. That her father suppressed her sexuality and thwarted her womans life is clearly stated. The town assumes t...
In three pages this essay examines how women are treated in the symbolic portrayal of Emily as being a rose in this short story by...
In five pages this paper examines decay and death in a thematic analysis of this famous short story by William Faulkner particular...
This paper compares the literary criticism of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner by Ray B. West Jr. in 'Atmosphere and Theme i...
In five pages this paper discusses the repetitive themes in this trio of short stories by William Faulkner. Seven sources are cit...
and "marrying well". In the twentieth century, however, the Compsons breed a retarded child; two of the siblings have an incestuou...
In six pages this paper analyzes the Southern family decline as represented by the Compson clan in The Sound and the Fury and also...
In five pages this pape examines how William Faulkner's splicing montage techniques are applied to presenting a family's many comp...