YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Life and Poetry of Emily Dickinson in a Historical Context
Essays 181 - 210
turning, hungry, lone,/I looked in windows for the wealth/I could not hope to own (lines 5-8). Dickinson now clearly classifies he...
Ourselves - / And Immortality" (Dickinson 1-4). In this one can truly envision the picture she is creating with imagery. She offer...
In four pages this poetic explication focuses on the contrast between Victorian era religious conventions and Dickinson's individu...
tutelage of Peter of Ireland to study logic and natural sciences (Kennedy, 2006; McKerny, 2002). It was there that he first met me...
While this may be one way of looking at the story, and the character of Emily, it seems to lack strength in light of the fact that...
oppressed. Later in the story the reader learns of how Emily was not allowed to have male suitors and how her only responsibilit...
in the way the political world was playing out in the conquest. And clearly he argues that the poetry was never simple. This seems...
proving background and an exegetical discussion. Commentaries and other authorities are referenced in this paper. Historical Con...
specifically, it was an obsession as opposed to true love. What distinguishes these from each other is the element of personal sa...
character, was treated fairly well by the family, but after Mr. Earnshaws death he is used and ridiculed by Hindley, Catherines br...
It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
This paper discusses the character of Emily in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily.' This five page paper has no outside referen...
In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...
lessons of life the Great Depression had imposed upon my Father, but this was a new twist to a very tired story. The impact of the...
In five pages the grotesque is analyzed within the context of Faulkner's short story 'A Rose for Emily' and O'Connor's short story...
In seven pages this paper examines how the social oppression of Southern women is represented through the constrictions Emily stil...
In six pages this paper discusses the profound impact of the culture of the American South upon Emily Grierson in the short story ...
secrets are inferred. That her father suppressed her sexuality and thwarted her womans life is clearly stated. The town assumes t...
This paper compares the literary criticism of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner by Ray B. West Jr. in 'Atmosphere and Theme i...
my pagan land,/ Taught my beknighted soul to understand/That theres a God" (Wheatley wheatley.html). Wheatleys struggle with the ...
In eight pages this paper discusses the social and political influences Walt Whitman exerted through his poetry from an historical...
pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...
as a proper Southern lady, with the pretention of adhering to a moral code above that of the common person, but in reality, she fo...
flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...
she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...
is also presented in a manner that makes the reader see what a sad and lonely life she has likely led. This is generally inferred ...
the Old South and the New South which further complicates the matter. In the Old South, the South ruled and supported by slavery...
late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...
expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...