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

(Faulkner). In the story of Miss Brill one does not see her as a tradition of the people, a sort of monument to an Old South bec...

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

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...

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...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...

living with Emily, which is certainly not proper but the town accepts this because there is sympathy for Emily who is a sad and lo...

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...

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 ...

had been older, he would have wondered why his father, would have witnessed the "waste and extravagance of war" and who "burned ev...

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

it is encompasses self-sacrifice, pity and compassion for others, who are also suffering through lifes hardships. Essentially, thi...

And, it is in this essentially foundation of control that we see who Emily is and see how she is clearly intimidated by these male...

historiography of Penn scholarship to-date. However, it would have been enlightening and perhaps made his text more appealing to h...

a very unexpected place: her fears. She is so terrified that life is simply going to pass her by that the thought nearly paralyze...

social factor to which he is excluded, Abners anger is compounded by the fact that the Negro servant does not acknowledge his whit...

When Berry was a junior in high school he dropped out so that he could be a boxer, once fighting on the same...

both my way of being in the world and my sense of educational necessity. This strength developed because of the influence of some...

was while he was there that he was able to earn a "baccalaureate and masters degrees in the shortest time allowed by university st...

topics as rhetoric, ethics, political economy, and jurisprudence" (Lucid Caf?). In the year 1759 he published a work whic...

In five pages this biography on Theodore Roosevelt by John Morton Blum is discussed....

This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Dry September." The writer offers analysis of the plot and argues that Faulkner use...

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

the narrator another instance where the town was concerned about Miss Emily and her home, which was over a smell, an awful smell o...

p. 12). It was not until William had to seek new employment because his employer died that he began to take an interest in religi...

in large part because they wanted to be allowed to practice religion as they saw fit. Given that, its odd to note that the society...