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they sneak away; here the reference is to an angry and implacable god who is ready to strike down those who disobey. The second r...

he will bring the excitement back into her life. When she gives him a cutting from her prized mums to give to another woman (its a...

expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...

of the story escalates the tension that is associated with this part of the narrative. There is considerable irony in the attitu...

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

- into a "setting conducive to unrest and fears" (Fisher 75). The narrator reveals that his grief over his wife Ligeias death pro...

Culturally-relevant literature generally reflects the foundations of the culture in which it was developed, often creating a view ...

deathly lit environment gives the mention of rose a very sad and lonely tone. While people may, at first, immediately think the ...

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

one of the most frequently anthologized stories in English, and one of the most popular. Its blend of horror, mystery and irony ar...

extent to which she, as an unchanging artifact of her own times, is overpowered by death despite struggling against it at all poin...

in the midst of an otherwise modern cityscape. In this manner, Emilys eventual psychological breakdown which leads to her murderin...

time reader knows the story may move on logically from her death to another consecutive event. However, after a couple of paragr...

(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...

whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument" (Faulkner I). In this one im...

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

In five pages this essay examines Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' and 'A Rose for Emily' as they represent the themes of death and love....

stables, no longer a real member of the family, Catherine still roamed the hills with him, being his companion, and he really her ...

so strongly rooted in the collective consciousness that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethica...

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

a lady....

character, was treated fairly well by the family, but after Mr. Earnshaws death he is used and ridiculed by Hindley, Catherines br...

a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She ha...

an interesting portrayal of the injustices which exist in American culture and, in particular, our justice system. The play is cl...

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

critics. The other reason that books seldom translate well to film is that in a screenplay all the senses are limited to the visu...

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...

reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...

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...

attitudes that he has embraced have robbed his life of meaning and value. The ghosts remind him of his past and the choices that h...