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of her life. One of the children asks her whats wrong: " I aint nothing but a nigger, Nancy said. It aint none of my fault " ("Tha...

and "marrying well". In the twentieth century, however, the Compsons breed a retarded child; two of the siblings have an incestuou...

This paper examines the important role the past plays in Absalom, Absalom! a 1936 novel by William Faulkner in six pages. There a...

to acquire land that turns a profit from their constant toil. "...The land is made habitable and profitable for him by the black ...

This paper analyzes how symbols and illusions are used in 'The Bear,' a short story by William Faulkner, in five pages. Two sourc...

This paper examines how the Bildungsroman or coming of age technique is employed by William Faulkner in the portrayal of his 11 ye...

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

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

The Hamlet is Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. This is a "dark world" that is haunted by the past, particularly the legacy of sl...

In eleven pages this paper presents a thematic comparison of the novels by Faulkner and Hawthorne and the common threads of family...

her best friend, about Joe Starks, who is an ambitious man that soon becomes the mayor of a small town called Eatonville. But Jani...

death, Addie exerts control over her family because they seek--by fulfilling her last wish--to somehow make a connection with her ...

sort of injustice, it would have engendered a certain amount of sympathy for him in the reader. Faulkner goes to great lengths to ...

who would stretch the definition to include all living beings, but then that would open the interpretation and debate to include a...

seething, boiling and discontent as the odd angled buildings and broken windows. It can be the quiet solitude of a rustic church, ...

instructions from a police inspector, who states, "Give the bozo some electric shocks and hell swear he killed his aunt, if necess...

the student rewrites this research for inclusion in his or her own paper, the student can , of course, reorganize the material in ...

Murry Falkner was interested in railroads, hunting and drinking, not necessarily in that order. Alcoholism was the Falkner family...

overrule her inherent independence as a strong, black woman by telling Phoeby she can "tell em what Ah say if you wants to. Dats ...

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

"exciting, gripping story of crime and bloodshed" (Anonymous PG) leaves the reader with many unanswered questions, which only serv...

kills them when hes trying to pet them, not realizing his own strength. His strength, in fact, is his downfall - when he first mee...

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

In four pages That Evening Sun by William Faulkner is examines in a consideration of the interaction between the children and Nanc...

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

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

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

setting up the ending in this way through foreshadowing, it would seem to "come out of nowhere", and would be a jarring fit with t...