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    ENG 102 Analysis Research Paper 09-25-10 Literary Analysis William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily” carries a theme represented by a dying breed of that era‚ while using symbolism to represent tragedy‚ loneliness and some form of pride‚ the story also shows how far one will go to have the approval of others and the pursuit of happiness. In today’s times‚ a person’s image could mean everything in life and almost everyone tries to fit into the main stream in some form at some point

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    Caddy Compson: A Foil for Three Brothers In William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury one character unifies the story‚ Caddy Compson. She is central to the story and Faulkner himself said that Caddy was what he “wrote the book about” (“Class Conference” 236). However many of the criticism’s of the novel find Caddy less interesting than Faulkner’s other characters: Quentin‚ Jason‚ and Benjy‚ and there are less critical analyses that deal primarily with Caddy because as Eric Sundquist

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    The Long Strand of Iron Gray Hair “A Rose for Emily” is a sinister short story written by William Faulkner that provides a narrative on Emily Grierson from someone in her community on particular events that occurred in their town before she passed away‚ and how the death of her farther troubled her entire life (516). Therefore‚ traumatized by her father’s death that leaves her feeling lonely. Emily Grierson later kills Homer Barron due to the fact that he reveals he was leaving town and is gay

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    In William Faulkner’s “A Rose For Emily” Faulkner divides this short story in five sections based on events in the story. The protagonist‚ Emily Grierson is a devastated and alone woman when her father dies. Although there is a glimps of when Emily was hopeful and well spirited‚ the story targets Emily’s ways with towns people and outside relationships as if she is in another world with her mind‚ for example when is asked to pay her tax responsibilities she simply responds with an answer that would

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    expected no less‚ and so he was neither outraged nor surprised. It was the woman: that soft kindness which he believed himself doomed to be forever victim of and which he hated worse than he did the hard and ruthless justice of men.” (Faulkner 158) In William Faulkner’s Light in August‚ Joe Christmas’s misogynistic view towards women has reason behind it‚ based on his negative past with significant female characters. The above quote emphasizes his feelings towards women‚ describing how Joe

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    "…his father and his father ’s enemy (our enemy he thought in that despair; ourn! Mine and hisn both! He ’s my father!)…"(Faulkner pg.159). His dedication to his family is evident‚ and the extent to which that dedication goes is tested in the court of law. "He aims for me to lie‚ he thought‚ against with that frantic grief and despair. And I will have to do hit."(Faulkner pg.159). Though it is clearly against Sarty ’s morals‚ he is willing to omit that portion of his conscience to help his father

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    Carunchio English 11B 12 February 2009 “A Rose for Emily” Literary Analysis In “A Rose for Emily”‚ William Faulkner uses setting‚ character development‚ and stylistic devices to express the mystery of Emily and the somewhat gossip-obsessed attitude the townspeople have towards Emily. Faulkner uses the setting to convey the mystery surrounding Emily and her actions. For example‚ Faulkner writes “ knocked at the door through which no visitor had passed since she ceased giving china-painting

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    one of William Faulkner’s most celebrated novels‚ is the story of the Compson family and its inevitable and somewhat tragic downfall. The Compsons‚ a family which once thrived in distinction and promoted traditional Southern ideals‚ are doomed to collapse from the beginning of Faulkner’s tale‚ and the story follows them as they creep slowly toward their demise. Beginning the story from the perspective of Benjy‚ the youngest of the Compsons‚ born with some sort of mental deficiency‚ Faulkner introduces

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    person look into the unraveling mind of a time obsessed boy. In The Sound and The Fury‚ by William Faulkner‚ Quentin Compson slings to the past and tries desperately to stay afloat. As the old order crumbles and sinks around him‚ Quentin has to make a choice whether to sink or to float. Like Quentin‚ Faulkner saw how society was changing‚ which is where he probably got the idea for the character. Faulkner took inspiration from his experiences growing up in a changing southern United States in the

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    Thomas Cramer Literary Perspectives Final Paper Fall 2012 The Influence‚ And Independence Of Addie Bundren. Although she lived in physical bondage to her husband‚ Addie Bundren‚ the nexus of William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying‚” not only found a way snap the mental tether of a patriarchal system‚ but also instilled an innate‚ and underlying rebelliousness toward that system‚ in her three eldest sons. Through her denial of the structure‚ and meaning of a male imposed vocabulary‚ Addie

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