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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner and Italics

cohesive literary glue that holds it all together. One of the ingredients of that glue is the use of language. His particular use ...

Literature and Issues of Gender and Race

how Over three thousand die in the Macondo massacre, and the only surviving witnesses are Jose Arcadio Segundo and a small child. ...

Women and Stereotypes

In seven pages this paper examines how women are depicted as stereotypes in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and As I Lay Dy...

Reverent Hightower in Light in August by William Faulkner

also clear that he has suffered at the hands of the townspeople. Mostly, Hightower wants to be left alone and suffer in his emotio...

Concept of Time in The Sound and the Fury and 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

appeared to have a definite problem in separating fact from fantasy -- and a patent refusal to accept national transformations (su...

Faulkner's Comedy

of comedic elements. As Addie Bundren lays dying her son Cash is busy building her coffin. This is, in many ways, a very powerf...

Plot and Character Analysis of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

no one save an old manservant -- a combined gardener and cook -- had seen in at least ten years" (Faulkner). To the outside wor...

Comparative Analysis of the Characters in Works by William Faulkner and John Steinbeck

kills them when hes trying to pet them, not realizing his own strength. His strength, in fact, is his downfall - when he first mee...

Monstrous Aspects of The Hamlet by William Faulkner

The Hamlet is Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. This is a "dark world" that is haunted by the past, particularly the legacy of sl...

Three Short Stories Set in the American South

this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...

The Sound and the Fury Novel Analysis

father -- by playing creatively on and within its margins" (239). According to Gwin, in the patriarchal order Faulkner has establ...

Revelation of Colonel Sartoris Snopes in 'Barn Burning' by William Faulkner

or not he should warn the de Spains illustrate the strength of family loyalty or as Faulkner calls it "the old fierce pull of bloo...

Scholarly Criticism of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

to admit for three days that he was dead. The narrator says, "We did not say she was crazy then. We believed she had to do that. W...

Jack Kerouac

A 6 page overview of the life of this famous writer. Kerouac's early life experiences were a tremendous impact on his later writi...

"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...

Six Short Stories, Summary and Analyses

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

Conflict and Characterization in Faulkner, Joyce, and James

In five pages the interaction between character and participation in an event that generates conflict is considered in 'Barn Burni...

Cultural Influence of the Book Of Genesis

In five pages this essay examines the influence of the Book of Genesis on such authors as William Faulkner and Thornton Wilder. T...

Themes Present in the Writings of Tomas Rivera

Him, which has serves as "one of the most important works of literature dealing with the Chicano experience in the United States" ...

Characters Analyzed in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Character strengths and weaknesses and their family relationships are examined in this analysis of As I Lay Dying by William Faulk...

Darl as a Tragic Hero in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

The entire story of the Bundren family is tragic with its tale of poverty in the South and a family whose members are so caught up...

Past in Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

This paper examines the important role the past plays in Absalom, Absalom! a 1936 novel by William Faulkner in six pages. There a...

Sutpen's Character in Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

to acquire land that turns a profit from their constant toil. "...The land is made habitable and profitable for him by the black ...

Symbolism in 'The Bear' by William Faulkner

This paper analyzes how symbols and illusions are used in 'The Bear,' a short story by William Faulkner, in five pages. Two sourc...

Bildungsroman or Coming of Age in The Reivers by William Faulkner

This paper examines how the Bildungsroman or coming of age technique is employed by William Faulkner in the portrayal of his 11 ye...

Past Revived in Works by F. Scott Fitzgerald and William Faulkner

In five pages this paper discusses how the past is revived in 'Babylon Revisited' by F. Scott Fitzgerald and in 'A Rose for Emily'...

Society and the Individual in The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

and "marrying well". In the twentieth century, however, the Compsons breed a retarded child; two of the siblings have an incestuou...

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner and Time

In nine pages this essay discusses the consequences of time on the Compsons featured in The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner...

Analysis of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

In five pages this paper examines the conflict between protagonist Emily Grierson and her hometown in an analysis of this short st...