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    “Alive‚ Miss Emily had been a tradition‚ a duty‚ and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town” (Faulkner 84). In the story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ the main character Emily is set in the old ways while her town is living in a modern lifestyle. Faulkner uses characterization and symbolism to show the struggle between old fashioned and modern ways of living. Emily’s refusal to accept new modern ways leads to her even more reclusive lifestyle and her twisted ideas of love

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    The Gothic Characteristics in A Rose for Emily   Outline Thesis statement:A Rose for Emily is a perfect combination of gothic form and realistic content‚ which appears the unique artistic charm. I. Introduction A.     General words about William Faulkner and his A Rose for Emily B.     The definition of gothic fiction C.     The development of gothic fiction in modern time II. The gothic characteristics in A Rose for Emily A.     The topic is mainly about murder‚ dead‚ violence and

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    Written as it was‚ at the ebb of the 1930s‚ a decade of social‚ economic‚ and cultural tumult‚ the decade of the Great Depression‚ William Faulkner ’s short story "Barn Burning" may be read and discussed in our classrooms as just that--a story of the ’30s‚ for "Barn Burning" offers students insights into these years as they were lived by the nation and the South and captured by our artists. This story was first published in June of 1939 in Harper ’s Magazine and later awarded the 0. Henry Memorial

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    in attendance “the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument‚ the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house”. (Faulkner 128) The story then goes back to the beginning starting with the death of Emily’s father. When Miss Emily’s father dies the narrator says‚ “At least they could pity Miss Emily.” (Faulkner 130). The people thought that Miss Emily was living such a perfect life that this had finally “humanized” her. After the death of Emily’s father she became

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    Symbolism in “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” is a short story written by William Faulkner‚ and uses a lot of symbols to create different elements of the story. These symbols he uses are really what make this story interesting. A few of those symbols are her house‚ hair‚ and clothing‚ but I have chosen to talk about her house as a major symbol in this short story. There are a few denotative meanings of the noun “house.” One well-known meaning is‚ “a dwelling place

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    Everyone’s lives went back to how they were‚ as if nothing had happened. Meanwhile‚ in the story “A Rose for Emily”‚ by William Faulkner‚ Emily gets involved with a man named‚ Homer‚ both un-married but obviously together. The whole town watched their relationship unravel. “Presently we began to see him and Miss Emily on Sunday afternoons driving in the yellow-wheeled buggy…” (Faulkner 30). The townspeople always felt sorry for Emily. The whole town would be in whispers about everything she did. As Emily

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    Introduction Faulkner’s most famous‚ most popular‚ and most anthologized short story‚ "A Rose for Emily" evokes the terms Southern gothic and grotesque‚ two types of literature in which the general tone is one of gloom‚ terror‚ and understated violence. The story is Faulkner’s best example of these forms because it contains unimaginably dark images: a decaying mansion‚ a corpse‚ a murder‚ a mysterious servant who disappears‚ and‚ most horrible of all‚ necrophilia — an erotic or sexual attraction

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    story “A Rose for Emily”‚ written by William Faulkner‚ the negative impact of Emily’s upbringing by an overprotective father‚ leads to incredible pattern in her life and the obvious mental illness that takes over as she not so graciously ages. While written in five sections‚ the first and last section is written in present time‚ and the three middle sections in past tense. To set the stage for Emily’s drastic transformation from young girl to elderly woman‚ Faulkner uses characterization‚ setting and

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    1 Ashley Wagner Sarty’s Identity: A Rupture of Family Ties In William Faulkner’s story “Barn Burning‚” a ten-year-old boy‚ Sarty develops his own identity as he is trying to resolve the conflict between his loyalty to Abner‚ his father and accepted social norms of justice. Sarty is being raised in the south by a very poor white family around the year of 1895‚ about 30 years after the abolishment of slavery. The family represents the plight of sharecroppers who have no prospects of improving

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    Ms. C. Fornini English IV‚ Period 5 28 April 2014 Faulkner’s Characterization of Dewey Dell in As I Lay Dying William Faulkner’s diction‚ point of view‚ and syntax in his polyphonic novel‚ As I Lay Dying‚ strategically employs the miserably pessimistic yet juvenile voice of Dewey Dell to characterize her as the novel’s naïve victim. The only surviving female in the Bundren family‚ Faulkner presents the hardships that Dewey Dell must endure. In addition‚ as an uneducated girl with no guidance‚ Dewey

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