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In five pages this paper examines the conflict between protagonist Emily Grierson and her hometown in an analysis of this short st...

In five pages this paper discusses the repetitive themes in this trio of short stories by William Faulkner. Seven sources are cit...

In eight pages this paper discusses how Southern life, history and geography are depicted in the short stories 'A Rose for Emily,'...

lends variety to a work that otherwise might become monotonous. But in short stories, only one point of view is generally used, a...

or not he should warn the de Spains illustrate the strength of family loyalty or as Faulkner calls it "the old fierce pull of bloo...

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

appeared to have a definite problem in separating fact from fantasy -- and a patent refusal to accept national transformations (su...

taught, by her father, those attitudes that provide them the social status they were born into, a class common to the traditional ...

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...

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

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...

she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...

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...

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...

Each story is quite solidly set in their culture. In Hawthornes the narrator states, "Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset int...

were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...

In three pages this essay compares O'Connor's 'Good Country People' with Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' in terms of their usage of ...

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...

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

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

In five pages this paper examines the life of William Sydney Porter, a famous American writer of short stories who became more com...

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...

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

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 ...