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flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...

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 ...

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...

It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...

This paper discusses the character of Emily in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily.' This five page paper has no outside referen...

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

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

In six pages this paper discusses the profound impact of the culture of the American South upon Emily Grierson in the short story ...

In seven pages this paper examines how the social oppression of Southern women is represented through the constrictions Emily stil...

This paper consists of six pages examines William Faulkner's life and the themes of life and death that abound in his novel The So...

In five pages this paper examines the themes featured in William Faulkner's short stories 'Dry September,' 'The Bear,' and 'A Rose...

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...

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...

(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...

later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...

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...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...

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...

pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...

late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...

This paper examines how symbolism enhances Abner Snopes' characterization in William Faulkner's short story 'Barn Burning' in five...

such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled sil...

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...

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

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

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