Essays 31 - 60
the narrator another instance where the town was concerned about Miss Emily and her home, which was over a smell, an awful smell o...
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...
later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...
time reader knows the story may move on logically from her death to another consecutive event. However, after a couple of paragr...
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...
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...
and taken blood from both. He tries to convince her that to give in to him, to give him herself, has been ultimately blessed by th...
of the story escalates the tension that is associated with this part of the narrative. There is considerable irony in the attitu...
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...
In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...
In eight pages characters from 'Barn Burning,' 'A Rose for Emily,' and 'Percy Grimm' are contrasted and compared and a discussion ...
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 ...
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 five pages this paper examines the themes featured in William Faulkner's short stories 'Dry September,' 'The Bear,' and 'A Rose...
this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...
a lady....
no one save an old manservant -- a combined gardener and cook -- had seen in at least ten years" (Faulkner). To the outside wor...
his moment in nature (Wakefield 354). But while the first stanza ends the implied assumption that the poet need not concern hims...
with one last chance at a relationship in the form of Homer Barron, a day laborer from the North. When the community realized that...
content nor particularly happy with her lot in life. She brags to her husband and it is obvious that she could best him in almost...
In five pages this essay examines Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' and 'A Rose for Emily' as they represent the themes of death and love....
did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...
for the best. Soon, however, a sudden sense of calm overcomes her as she whispers "free, free, free" (Chopin PG). Mrs. Mal...
town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity ...
as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...
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...
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...