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Faulkner writes that the druggist questions Emily about the use of the arsenic and explains that he by law must ask her about her ...

the narrator another instance where the town was concerned about Miss Emily and her home, which was over a smell, an awful smell o...

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...

and we do see a wonderful complexity that is both subtle and descriptive. We see this in the opening sentence, which is seems to b...

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

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

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

that she did not have the wherewithal to match the experience of the opposing gender. It can be argued that the very first words ...

the author and his works this short story holds a deeper and more historical position. In relationship to the story itself, anot...

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

the Old South and the New South which further complicates the matter. In the Old South, the South ruled and supported by slavery...

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 ...

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

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...

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

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

This paper considers the similar falls of each family in a comparative analysis of these novels by Nathaniel Hawthorne and William...

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

(without excluding the importance of the past), where everything is not spelled out neatly for the reader. The reader must interp...

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

In eight pages this paper discusses how Southern life, history and geography are depicted in the short stories 'A Rose for Emily,'...