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whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument" (Faulkner I). In this one im...

time reader knows the story may move on logically from her death to another consecutive event. However, after a couple of paragr...

(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...

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

so strongly rooted in the collective consciousness that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethica...

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

stables, no longer a real member of the family, Catherine still roamed the hills with him, being his companion, and he really her ...

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...

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...

far more refined individual, even if he still slung to some of his impoverished perspectives. For example, he shows his need to sh...

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...

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

array of individuals that Whitman clearly associated himself with as perhaps an American. He states, "I am enamourd of growing out...

finished creating mayhem yet. Mortgage-backed securities, backed by subprime mortgages, are likely to continue falling in value as...

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...

mother and in many ways Catherine is that female figure for him. He cannot bear to let her go, cannot bear to live without her and...

This is not to say that the influence of European authors was not discernible in the work of these authors. For example, Melvill...

man of the house. Catherines father took Heathcliff in and ultimately one could argue he had lofty ideals, ideals that were closer...

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

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...

This paper presents discussion of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, ...

This essay looks at "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and presents the argument that this story presents a critique of Southe...

- into a "setting conducive to unrest and fears" (Fisher 75). The narrator reveals that his grief over his wife Ligeias death pro...

expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...

literary criticism entitled, The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction, Judith Fetterley described "A Rose for...

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

great deal of literature there is a foundation that is laid in relationship to a community. The community is a part of the setting...

one of the most frequently anthologized stories in English, and one of the most popular. Its blend of horror, mystery and irony ar...

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...