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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...

reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...

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...

assume the role of Confederate General Pemberton in their games, dividing the role between them "or [Ringo] wouldnt play anymore" ...

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...

that a womans association with a man is what defined women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Yet, Emily was le...

deathly lit environment gives the mention of rose a very sad and lonely tone. While people may, at first, immediately think the ...

about the less-than-illustrious Snopes clan of Yoknapatawpha County, a family that appears in most of Faulkners works. In both sto...

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

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

fourth section is told by their black servants who give an outsiders look to these individuals who are undergoing change and obvio...

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...

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

expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...

late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...

literary criticism entitled, The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction, Judith Fetterley described "A Rose for...

flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...

he will bring the excitement back into her life. When she gives him a cutting from her prized mums to give to another woman (its a...

coming of age and seeking an enlightened path, in the Freudian lens the boy is clearly trying to somehow come to terms with himsel...

is also presented in a manner that makes the reader see what a sad and lonely life she has likely led. This is generally inferred ...

held public education of the period in great disdain, which is expressed in a poem dubbed "Saturday Afternoon:" "From all the jail...

55). The appeal of this dream attracts the interest of both Crooks and Candy, who would also like to be part of the dream, as it...

a whole" (Yu 380). These natural images are used to open each stanza, as Yu notes that there are "three tetrasyllabic stanzas of f...

aching muscles, "Nick felt happy," as he has "left everything behind, the need for thinking, the need to write, other needs" (Hemi...

large family and its members extraordinary lives gave her much company and entertainment (one brother married their cousin, the Co...

father -- by playing creatively on and within its margins" (239). According to Gwin, in the patriarchal order Faulkner has establ...