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In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...

of her father and her eventual release from her house, little is known of the first thirty years of her life in addition to the li...

this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...

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...

of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...

that her father is dead. Therefore, she reasons that he is merely resting and is still capable of making decisions for her. She wo...

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

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

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 five pages this paper examines racial prejudice and gender issues within the context of William Faulkner's story. There is one...

In 5 pages the young protagonists in Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' short story and Crane's Maggie A Girl on the Streets novel are con...

This paper addresses Faulkner's various literary techniques, such as setting, theme, and characterization, in his short story, Bar...

In five pages this paper examines the gender relationships featured in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Ligeia' by Edgar A...

In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...

to Murry and Maud Butler Falkner, an "old south" family that remembered the Civil War - the familys patriarch, William Clark Falkn...

her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...

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

terms, the trancendentalist is occupied with the natural over the synthetic. He uses vivid images in his explanation of what natu...

her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...

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

like herself. From their initial conversation in the garden, Beatrice reassures him that she is sincere by stating that "Forget wh...

This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" and focuses on the character of Abner Snopes. The writer argues that ...

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

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

waiter, like the old man who is their customer, has no connections in the world. While Della and James have love and a deep inti...

says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...

being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...

This essay looks at "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and presents the argument that this story presents a critique of Southe...

know the child is there, because each of them is taken to see it when they are quite young, perhaps 8-12 years of age. They cannot...

about, but as the tension rises, a perspective that is discussed in the section on tone within the story, the reader senses that t...