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This paper addresses Faulkner's various literary techniques, such as setting, theme, and characterization, in his short story, Bar...

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...

In five pages this paper examines the impact of Addie's death at the beginning of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying to present the...

In twenty pages twentieth century family dysfunction is considered in a comparative analysis of its portrayal in the characterizat...

In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...

lives, and all this really comes out as people and their relationships to the place that formed them (Smith ppg). Duality shown i...

the Flies, the book that centers on how a group of boys behaves when they are marooned on an island after their plane crashes. As ...

of creation are vastly different" (Anonymous Selected Portions of the "Enuma Elish" enumaeli.htm). "The six days of creation i...

her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...

Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...

her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...

are similar to Emilys. The characters discussed are Carrie, from the film "Carrie," Norman Bates from the film "Psycho," Eleanor f...

a feeling that his ferocious conviction in the rightness of his own actions would be of advantage to all whose interest lies with ...

If the reader proves victorious at ascertaining the entire concept as a whole, while comprehending the connection of the detailed ...

oppressed. Later in the story the reader learns of how Emily was not allowed to have male suitors and how her only responsibilit...

necessarily as depressing as one could envision in relationship to the process of dying and the construction of a coffin outside h...

child, which is further emphasized by his stiff nature. All of these symbolic descriptions lay the foundation for understanding th...

(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...

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...

had been older, he would have wondered why his father, would have witnessed the "waste and extravagance of war" and who "burned ev...

literary criticism entitled, The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction, Judith Fetterley described "A Rose for...

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

that a womans association with a man is what defined women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Yet, Emily was le...

great deal of literature there is a foundation that is laid in relationship to a community. The community is a part of the setting...

had died, the reader recognizes that Emily must always live in that Old South because of her father and his demands. But, at the s...

his heart. The very act of carving out a new life in an unfamiliar territory casts its share of fear and anxiety, however, this u...

in the grass and Antonia begins to ask Jim to tell her the English names of things; she is quick and alert and seems very much a p...

coming of age and seeking an enlightened path, in the Freudian lens the boy is clearly trying to somehow come to terms with himsel...

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 ...