home to see where she had lived her life. Upon their arrival‚ they find a corpse lying on a bed in a mysterious locked room upstairs. On the bed‚ next to the corpse there was a "long strand of iron-gray hair" (36). In "A Rose for Emily‚" William Faulkner tells a story about a young woman who is overly-influenced and controlled by her father. Her father has made all the decisions for her and he chose whom she could and could not be courted by. After her father died‚ it took Emily three days to finally
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In addition to these interests and advances‚ August Vollmer firmly believed that educated and intelligent men would make better police officers. He was also well aware that because police officers were not trained that this situation helped to perpetuate the perception of police officers as the “dumb cop.” In many cities‚ police officers got their job not through any talent or skill‚ but through political patronage. Vollmer set out to change that. He himself‚ although not college educated‚ was a
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Discuss the structure and the major themes of T.S.Eliot’s poem “The Waste Land” “The Waste Land” (1922) is one of the most outstanding poems of the 20th century written by the great master Thomas Stearns Eliot. The poem expresses with great power the devastation‚ decay‚ futility and despair of the civilization after World War I. In this essay I would like to comment upon the structure as well as the prevalent themes elaborated in the poem. The main themes of “The Waste Land” are : Eliot’s
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Rose for Emily”‚ a short story written by the American author and Nobel Prize laureate William Faulkner‚ published in 1931. These last words put a shocking and rather disturbing end to this piece depicting the strange life of Emily Grierson‚ and her obdurate refusal to adapt to changes in her life‚ living in her own non-transforming world. Various symbols are used throughout the text although Faulkner did not use any kind of conscious symbolism. The validity of this claim lies in his Nobel Prize
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The Stronger is a theatrically‚ intriguing piece of fiction by August Strindberg. A poignant one-act play with two women: Mrs. X and Miss Amelie Y. The first line within the play sets the scene “The corner of a ladies’ cafe. Two little iron tables‚ a red velvet sofa‚ several chairs.” (Project‚ n.d.) Mrs. X is an indignant‚ talkative‚ married actress with possibly a couple of small children. It is Christmas Eve and she has been shopping for Christmas gifts. She stops at a small cafe‚ and sees acquaintance
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The Joy Luck Club is in four sections. Each of the four section tells a short parable that introduces the major themes of that section. Pages 1-32 Suyuan Woo The novel opens after the death of Suyuan Woo‚ an elderly Chinese woman and the founding member of the Joy Luck Club. She has died without fulfilling her “long-cherish wish”: to be untied with her twin daughters who were lost in China. At the first meeting‚ her daughter Jing-Mei learns that her long-lost half sisters is in China. Her aunties
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Hemingway vs. Faulkner Throughout time‚ individual authors have crafted varying writing styles that portray the authors themselves and helps the reader to better understand the tone of the piece. During the early twentieth century‚ the upcoming of a new America created many talented writers that varied drastically in style. An author may choose to write in a realistic manor‚ such as Ernest Hemingway or William Faulkner. From the post Civil War era in which Faulkner was accustomed‚ to the early
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literary elements were used to effectively create the themes. In "A rose for Emily"‚ the main theme happens to be the search for love and security. Mr. Faulkner’s uses of literary elements were brilliant and played a vital role in the stories general setup‚ bringing light to the issue that arise when a young woman struggle to find love in an alien environment. Symbolism is the main factor in understanding of the theme of the story. Mr. Faulkner provides many symbols throughout the story. Foremost
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with a parent who held back support. Their backgrounds share a common thread; this unites them to makeup the theme. August Wilson is conveying not to treat others hurtfully because your own disposition. He demonstrates the idea of transferring your own hindrances onto others‚ especially your children and family is extremely harmful. When Bono talks about his childhood‚ we begin to see the theme of the play represented through his life. Bono puts into picture his father who had the “walking blues”. He
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A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner is a short story‚ often times described as a ghost story‚ or gothic tale. Akers states that “Faulkner often used parts of his own life and family history in his fiction” (Akers 248). His great grandfather ‚who was a Colonel himself‚ served as the character Colonel Sartoris and the character Emily was not only based off of one of Faulkner’s cousins‚ but also himself. Faulkner was extremely eccentric while growing up and an outcast much like Emily in the story‚
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