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Literature Alternatives to Freedom

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 Text and Film Versions of 'A Rose for Emily'

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

Nocturnal Fear in Faulkner's, That Evening Sun

fighter due to the story regarding her missing teeth. In that incident she was demanding that an individual pay her for the work s...

Short Storie Elements in Works by John Updike, Flannery O'Connor, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, Mark Twain, and Nathaniel Hawthorne

like herself. From their initial conversation in the garden, Beatrice reassures him that she is sincere by stating that "Forget wh...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner from a Psychological Perspective

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

The Act of Murder in Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily'

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...

Faulkner, Poe, and Chopin Bringing Characters to Life

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

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner and Love

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...

"Barn Burning" by William Faulkner

This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" and focuses on the character of Abner Snopes. The writer argues that ...

"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner

reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...

A Rose for Emily and the Art of Characterization

as a proper Southern lady, with the pretention of adhering to a moral code above that of the common person, but in reality, she fo...

"A Rose for Emily" - The Oedipal Complex

in the midst of an otherwise modern cityscape. In this manner, Emilys eventual psychological breakdown which leads to her murderin...

Faulkner's "The Unvanquished" - Discussion Questions

assume the role of Confederate General Pemberton in their games, dividing the role between them "or [Ringo] wouldnt play anymore" ...

Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" - Southern Society and the Grotesque

pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...

Grotesque in the Works of Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner

In five pages the grotesque is analyzed within the context of Faulkner's short story 'A Rose for Emily' and O'Connor's short story...

Fathers and Sons in the Works of Arthur Miller and William Faulkner

In five pages this research paper compares Miller's Death of a Salesman and Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' in an examination of relatio...

William Faulkner's Character Joe Christmas and his Labels

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

Racism in Works by Nella Larsen and William Faulkner

heritage that he ignored his wifes infidelity and she ultimately committed suicide. In addition, there is Faulkners Lena Grove, t...

'The Bear' by William Faulkner

terms, the trancendentalist is occupied with the natural over the synthetic. He uses vivid images in his explanation of what natu...

An Overview of the Theme of Intimidation in A Rose for Emily and Big Black Good Man

This 5 page essay explores Faulkner's and Wright's choices of characters and their common burden of intimidation. Interrelationsh...

Sam Shepard and William Faulkner on Family Dysfunction

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

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Gender Controls

In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...

Short Stories of William Faulkner and Their Themes

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

Narrator Reliability in 'Barn Burning' by William Faulkner

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

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Other Examples of Eccentricity

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

Stories by Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner

chose to make his sentences histories of actual perceptions and thoughts, an accomplishment recognized by biographer Carlos Baker,...

"Barn Burning," Sarty's Attitudes Towards his Father

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

Insanity: A Rose for Emily

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

As I Lay Dying: Addie Bundren

necessarily as depressing as one could envision in relationship to the process of dying and the construction of a coffin outside h...

3 Expert Tales of Death

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