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a feeling that his ferocious conviction in the rightness of his own actions would be of advantage to all whose interest lies with ...

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

lives, and all this really comes out as people and their relationships to the place that formed them (Smith ppg). Duality shown i...

In twenty pages twentieth century family dysfunction is considered in a comparative analysis of its portrayal in the characterizat...

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

judge asks if he can produce the black man, Harris said no, he was a stranger; then he says "Get that boy up here. He knows" (Faul...

scholarship addressing the character of Pearl have seen her as the "sin-child, the unholy result" of an adulterous love and a symb...

there are certain things a person must do, certain things a man must feel and never turn away from. So many men were lost in their...

testify, to lie for his father he can "smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief, the old fierce p...

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

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

Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...

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

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...

are similar to Emilys. The characters discussed are Carrie, from the film "Carrie," Norman Bates from the film "Psycho," Eleanor f...

the characters talk and interact creates a very different setting for the story. It also limits how we envision the story that unf...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

limited means to make a living. The fires he sets may be construed as the rage that burns inside of him. This arsonist is continua...

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

living with Emily, which is certainly not proper but the town accepts this because there is sympathy for Emily who is a sad and lo...

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...

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

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

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 ...

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

had been older, he would have wondered why his father, would have witnessed the "waste and extravagance of war" and who "burned ev...

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...

child, which is further emphasized by his stiff nature. All of these symbolic descriptions lay the foundation for understanding th...

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

fourth section is told by their black servants who give an outsiders look to these individuals who are undergoing change and obvio...