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focus on her self-respect: "I hastened to drive from my mind the hateful notion I had been conceiving respecting Grace Poole; it d...

how the authors use the notion of acting and performance to highlight truths about the demands of society and how such a loss of i...

she receives by her cousins, John in particular: "John had not much affection for his mother and sisters, and an antipathy to me. ...

to see, more objectively, the struggles of her aunt and the sad state of her aunt, thus giving her the ability to be kind and comp...

it wasnt always practicing what it preached. There was also a stigma attached to mental illness that touched not only the suffere...

is a lonely young woman who spent much of her life on a solitary journey toward love and acceptance. It was not something she wou...

my aunt shut me up in the red-room", Jane receives only comments that she should feel very lucky about living in such a fine home ...

it will, it is indebted to him" (xi-xii). Charlotte Bronte believed that religious attitudes fell into two distinct categories -...

her intellectualism, Bertha is a victim of her own sexual desires. Bronte tried to provide a useful guide to women of her time in ...

In seven pages these female protagonists from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre are contrasted and co...

is "large and stout for his age," meaning of course that hes much larger than the girl (Bront?, 2007). He is a glutton as well and...

be reciprocated. In spite of the fact that she fully understands the unlikely nature of such a relationship, this does not deter ...

fell considerably short of avoiding stereotypes. For example, one review, that is typical of those produced by white critics, de...

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...

oppressed. Later in the story the reader learns of how Emily was not allowed to have male suitors and how her only responsibilit...

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 ...

she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...

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

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

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

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

of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...

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

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

secrets are inferred. That her father suppressed her sexuality and thwarted her womans life is clearly stated. The town assumes t...

This paper compares the literary criticism of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner by Ray B. West Jr. in 'Atmosphere and Theme i...

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

In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...

problems, but refugees are perhaps most at risk, since many of them "come from areas where disease control, diagnosis and treatmen...