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    Nightingale and the Red Rose Plot: The young boy (Sylvia) falla in love with little girl (Julia). Julia promises Sylvia that she will dance with him only if he brings her a red rose on the dancing festival that will be held soon. Nightingale ‚ Sylvia’s friend‚ promises Sylvia to bring him that red rose even if it will cost her her life and Nightingale satisfies her promise and dies because she has to give out all her blood in order to give a life to an old red rose that lose its vitality

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    “A Rose for Emily” William Faulkner wrote the short story “A Rose for Emily”. It was published in 1930. The story was set in the Deep South‚ Jefferson to be precise. The time period was from 1884 to 1920. Emily Grierson was the main character in the story. Faulkner uses characterization to revel the character of Emily‚ he expresses the content of her character through physical description‚ through her actions‚ words‚ and feelings‚ through a narrator’s direct comments

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    William Faulkner’s American gothic tale‚ A Rose for Emily‚ is clearly a product of its time and suggests to readers that the transition between past and present is indeed difficult but not impossible. The author utilizes literary devices to connect a practically symbolic relationship to the setting. Indeed‚ these powerful images encapsulated in the story provide substance to the characters and help to drive the plot. With the strict importance of the narrative that implies a wide range of conclusions

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    In a “Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ Emily suffers delusions of having her “own rules “ a reality that others created for her and projects her fear of being left behind by men in her life by resorting to necrophilia. Emily does what she wants and doesn’t acknowledge the leading authorities in town‚she thinks that the laws apply to everyone but her. She fears the loss of the men in her life. Since her controlling dads death.She has found a way to make sure those men will never leave

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    Rose For Emily Symbolism

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    Symbolism in “A Rose for Emily” In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily‚” numerous symbolic elements are presented to the reader throughout the story. We hear about Emily’s house‚ the pocket watch‚ the hair‚ lime and arsenic and death and taxes. Each of these symbolizes a meaning buried within the story and each is equally interesting. The symbolic element I will be discussing is Emily’s house and how the house relates to Emily throughout the story. The house of Emily is a very important literary

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    Die Weisse Rose

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    die Weiβe Rose summary: All of them came from: Ulm brothers/sisters: Hans (main personage)‚ Sophie (main personage)‚ Inge (schrijfster book)‚ Werner and Elisabeth parents: mother Magdalene‚ father Robert (burgomaster‚ anti-Hitler) in spite of that their father anti-Duits is‚ goes nevertheless all brothers and zussen from the family Scholl at Hitlerjugend (a National Socialistic movement for young people between the 10-18 years). Hans (15 years) and Sophie (12 years) believe in words of the

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    Most readers of Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily” would agree that its meaning is somehow connected with the motive which prompts Emily Grierson to poison her lover and conceal his corpse from the public for some forty years ( 1). The short story covers approximately three-quarters of a century; starting with the birth of Emily Grierson taking place around the Civil War and ending with her death in the late 1920’s - 1930’s (2). In “A Rose for Emily” Faulkner uses many instances that relate to

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    LIFE IS NOT A BED OF ROSES !!! Life is not a bed of roses. It is full of thorns. There are numerous ups and downs in life. It is like a stream of river which flows through a no. of phases. Hope is the only power in us which makes us stand at different phases of life. It is truly said that ’Failures are the Pillars of Success’. This can be only proved by trials which only come when we have a hope to do something. Life is nothing but just a sub total of few hours and days. In this life‚ people want

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    A Rose For The Anzac Boys

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    A Rose for the Anzac Boys is a book written by Jackie French‚ an Australian author. The novel follows the adventures of Midge Macpherson‚ a teenager from New Zealand who desperately wanted to help with the war effort. As both her brothers were at war she attended an English boarding school where she met Anne and Ethel. All three of them travel to a railway station in France where they set up a canteen to feed hungry soldiers who come in on the trains. I think a very important decision that was

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    An Analysis of A Rose for Emily In the short story “A Rose for Emily”‚ by William Faulkner‚ the entire town ’s fascination with Miss Emily Grierson is motivated by her of unwavering old-fashioned values. While the town of Jefferson is slowly becoming modernized following the Civil War‚ Emily and her decadent house remain the last monuments of tradition. Faulkner decided to narrate the story using a broken series of events which successfully illustrates the horrific standards in which Emily rejected

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