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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...

men, and it was known that he drank with the younger men in the Elks Club--that he was not a marrying man" (Faulkner). This can be...

them but when you have hated somebody for forty-three years you will know them awful well so maybe its better then, maybe its fine...

times (Faulkner). Fed up with Snopess carelessness and laziness-Harris provides wire for Snopes to repair his hog pen, but the man...

and one from their devoted black servant Dilsey Gibson and read like the gospels of the Bible in that observations of actual event...

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

of the bible belt that anyone who is connected to the clergy are inherently good people when in fact clergy are human beings, subj...

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...

This was only the first of many contradictions that would emerge in William Faulkner that would make his life more difficult than ...

- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...

cohesive literary glue that holds it all together. One of the ingredients of that glue is the use of language. His particular use ...

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. While vastly different in tone, each author addresses the fact that slavery and the le...

wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...

each. An allegory, while closely associated with symbols or symbolism, is a unique literary element in that everything within the...

one of the most frequently anthologized stories in English, and one of the most popular. Its blend of horror, mystery and irony ar...

that she did not have the wherewithal to match the experience of the opposing gender. It can be argued that the very first words ...

they sneak away; here the reference is to an angry and implacable god who is ready to strike down those who disobey. The second r...

whats wrong, one character yells, "HES SLOW!" But Ned knows a secret: the horse will run through almost anything for a sardine! He...

Are the descriptions of the narrator reliable or do they represent hallucinations brought on by a deteriorating mental state? In ...

the Old South and the New South which further complicates the matter. In the Old South, the South ruled and supported by slavery...

of the story escalates the tension that is associated with this part of the narrative. There is considerable irony in the attitu...

What is particularly interesting about these observations as they relate to such works as Carson McCullers A Member of the Wedding...

and even tells her grandfather that "I never dreamed [your beard] was a birds nest" (Welty, 47). Stella-Rondo had accused Sister o...

In twelve pages dream or surreal time as they are represented in these literary works are examined. Five other sources are cited ...

In a paper consisting of seven and a half pages the ways in which the transition from Old to New South are conveyed by William Fau...

Northerners make such a big deal out of something that wasnt originally a big deal to Southerners at all. Bayards Granny, like man...

In six pages this paper examines America's declining morality and also considers social corruption and the breakdown of the family...

In five pages the interaction between character and participation in an event that generates conflict is considered in 'Barn Burni...

In five pages this essay examines the influence of the Book of Genesis on such authors as William Faulkner and Thornton Wilder. T...

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