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Essays 31 - 60
deathly lit environment gives the mention of rose a very sad and lonely tone. While people may, at first, immediately think the ...
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...
the characters talk and interact creates a very different setting for the story. It also limits how we envision the story that unf...
as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...
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...
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...
testify, to lie for his father he can "smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief, the old fierce p...
time reader knows the story may move on logically from her death to another consecutive event. However, after a couple of paragr...
being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...
(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...
Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...
it is encompasses self-sacrifice, pity and compassion for others, who are also suffering through lifes hardships. Essentially, thi...
In three pages this essay examines how women are treated in the symbolic portrayal of Emily as being a rose in this short story by...
In five pages this paper examines decay and death in a thematic analysis of this famous short story by William Faulkner particular...
In seven pages this paper examines how the social oppression of Southern women is represented through the constrictions Emily stil...
This paper examines how women in America, particularly in the South, were treated as represented in 'A Rose for Emily,' a classic ...
beating his wife which illustrates a theme of the helpless, and perhaps primarily the helplessness of women in society controlled ...
the narrator another instance where the town was concerned about Miss Emily and her home, which was over a smell, an awful smell o...
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...
crown buttoned on a narrow brim" (Porter 322). As this indicates, Porter skillfully builds a detailed picture of Sophia Janes ch...
This paper considers the similar falls of each family in a comparative analysis of these novels by Nathaniel Hawthorne and William...
This 5 page essay examines the character Nancy in the book by William Faulkner. 2 sources....
utterly free. When Emily discovers that her boyfriend is gay, her instant fear of what the community would think of her leads he...
youngest, wants a toy train. The two remaining brothers, Jewel and Darl, want nothing for themselves, but the journey brings to it...
social factor to which he is excluded, Abners anger is compounded by the fact that the Negro servant does not acknowledge his whit...
yo like. Ill be home tonight." The screen door made a little snick as it swung closed, and she was alone. She pulled the gown back...
In six pages this short story is analyzed in terms of male bonding and how the relationship between the men changes throughout the...
This paper analyzes how symbols and illusions are used in 'The Bear,' a short story by William Faulkner, in five pages. Two sourc...
(without excluding the importance of the past), where everything is not spelled out neatly for the reader. The reader must interp...
In six pages this paper discusses the profound impact of the culture of the American South upon Emily Grierson in the short story ...