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

the house that they are staying in, her husband corrects her, saying that what she felt was a draught and he shut the window (Gilm...

but had no clue how to engage in interpersonal relationships with members of the opposite sex. For him, the Bible was a way for h...

whom she falls in love, but she begins to branch out and experience life on her own terms, focusing on her own desires. She learns...

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

This essay pertains to William Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning," and the changing attitudes of its 10-year-old protagonist Sa...

In six pages these two female protagonists are contrasted and compared with their respective self images also considered. There a...

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 how Kate Chopin depicts marriage in the short stories 'The Storm,' 'Story of an Hour' and 'Ripe ...

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

it threatened who she was as a member of the white race and the upper classes. Therefore, it can be seen that Ednas desire to pa...

person aside from being mothers and wives. In the following paper we examine the symbolic nature of the sea in Chopins book, illus...

novel The Awakening provides insight into the marriages of Edna Pontellier and her friend Adele Ratignolle. Examination of these m...

She was viciously attacked for her frank depiction of a woman who broke her marriage vows, despite the fact that the book is a psy...

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

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

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...

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

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 ...

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...

his arms. She was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber; as white as the couch she lay upon. Her firm, elastic flesh that w...

turned into many as the protest continued for almost 6 months.5 In addition, it sparked many other protests throughout the South a...

video rental stores. Conventional wisdom says that in starting a new business, it is necessary to find something new that has at ...

feature the vivid natural imagery that characterizes her sensuous and deeply passionate works of Romantic fiction. These storie...

being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...

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

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...

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...