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Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...
nor hard-chargers like Charlotte Rittenmeyer in ""The Wild Palms" seem to win Faulkners full approval, though they all, like all h...
to Murry and Maud Butler Falkner, an "old south" family that remembered the Civil War - the familys patriarch, William Clark Falkn...
This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" and focuses on the character of Abner Snopes. The writer argues that ...
In five pages this paper examines the strong female characterizations of Hemingway's Lady Brett Ashley, Cather's Antonia Shimerda,...
struggle to find order among chaos (Monarch Notes PG). There was a definite method to the madness of Faulkners writing, and its n...
In all honesty it is not really a poem about abuse but a poem about life and the love that exists between the narrator and the fat...
about the less-than-illustrious Snopes clan of Yoknapatawpha County, a family that appears in most of Faulkners works. In both sto...
expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...
late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...
the circumstances surrounding their creation and the manifest events of the plot differ quite dramatically. For instance, one migh...
in the midst of an otherwise modern cityscape. In this manner, Emilys eventual psychological breakdown which leads to her murderin...
assume the role of Confederate General Pemberton in their games, dividing the role between them "or [Ringo] wouldnt play anymore" ...
pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...
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...
5 pages and 2 sources used. This paper provides an overview and a comparison of the lives and characteristics of two central fema...
In eleven pages this paper presents a thematic comparison of the novels by Faulkner and Hawthorne and the common threads of family...
In four pages this paper examines these authors' perceptions of women as they are represented in characterizations of sin and good...
In eight pages this paper discusses how social evolution is represented in the characters of Janie Woods in Hurston's Their Eyes W...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the theme of insanity is depicted within the characterization of Emily and her mental illness. ...
of the careful construction lends enough credibility for the reader to suspend disbelief, but all the while, when one backs up to ...
the novel. He is caught up in the outdated cultural mythos of the South, where men were suppose to be strong and women were virgin...
so strongly rooted in the collective consciousness that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethica...
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...
below. The Faulknerian characters viewpoint is that ...of a passenger looking backward from a speeding car, who sees, flowing aw...
strong in any respect, and there is no indication that the bonds are tight within this family. This changes when Caddy really app...
that Faulkner is telling. We can only speculate as to his reasons for not allowing her to speak directly and instead relying on ot...
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...
tone to the story that keeps the reader from fully empathizing with Emily or her situation. However, it is this distancing from Em...
fundamental structure of the story. These inferences help the reader to understand the symbolic messages hidden within the framew...