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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 died, the reader recognizes that Emily must always live in that Old South because of her father and his demands. But, at the s...

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...

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...

(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...

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

While this may be one way of looking at the story, and the character of Emily, it seems to lack strength in light of the fact that...

starting point by which to judge his slow drift away from this position towards enforcing justice as he sees it. In "Monk," Faul...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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 ...

to the childs mental composition. If left emotionally unattended, infants learn the opposite lessons required for living within a...

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...

In six pages the concept of freedom through death as a release from life's hardships is examined through such works as William Fau...

the freedom and opportunities offered by America. In other words, this immigrant mother means well. She simply wants her daughter ...

In five pages this paper examines how William Faulkner's character Col. John Sartoris is presented somewhat differently in an anal...

This paper discusses the character of Emily in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily.' This five page paper has no outside referen...

An analysis consisting of five pages compares the ways in which three protagonists attempt to improve their lives. The works exam...

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

In five pages family dysfunction and its disintegration as represented in William Faulkner's Absalom! Absalom! and The Sound and t...