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were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...

Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...

townspeople had actually seen her she still remained hidden until the appearance of a new character, Homer Barron. Homer is the an...

she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...

was the case, but not in the manner which many would believe. I dont think there is any reason to believe that Emily was raging m...

In 5 pages this paper examines how the theme of insanity is depicted within the characterization of Emily and her mental illness. ...

In five pages this paper examines decay and death in a thematic analysis of this famous short story by William Faulkner particular...

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

the community as an oddity, "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town" (Faulkner 433). She ...

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

fundamental structure of the story. These inferences help the reader to understand the symbolic messages hidden within the framew...

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...

tone to the story that keeps the reader from fully empathizing with Emily or her situation. However, it is this distancing from Em...

waiter, like the old man who is their customer, has no connections in the world. While Della and James have love and a deep inti...

Faulkner writes that the druggist questions Emily about the use of the arsenic and explains that he by law must ask her about her ...

her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...

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...

extent to which she, as an unchanging artifact of her own times, is overpowered by death despite struggling against it at all poin...

ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...

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...

In five pages this paper examines the moral value and depiction of women in William Faulkner's Sanctuary, The Unvanquished, As I L...

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provides an overview of the basic characteristics and central themes related to the charact...

did not try to respect her or help her, indicating they merely thought she was odd. No one bothered to try to understand her neces...

a distraction, as a goal, as a guide, and as an agent of social recognition (The Odyssey in Transit, 2000). Odysseus is indeed co...

social factor to which he is excluded, Abners anger is compounded by the fact that the Negro servant does not acknowledge his whit...

each. An allegory, while closely associated with symbols or symbolism, is a unique literary element in that everything within the...

utterly free. When Emily discovers that her boyfriend is gay, her instant fear of what the community would think of her leads he...

his moment in nature (Wakefield 354). But while the first stanza ends the implied assumption that the poet need not concern hims...

important character, the daughter eventually falls by the wayside. His daughter is of concern until we find out that the man she...

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...