A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner SETTING: In a town called Jefferson in Mississippi and mainly in her house CHARACTERS: Miss Emily Grierson‚ Homer Barron‚ The Mayor and Miss Emily’s dad PLOT: a. Her dad dies. b. They thought he left town. c. Then they found him dead. THEME: a. Tradition vs. Change b. Struggle between past and present POINT OF VIEW: "A Rose for Emily" is a successful story not only because of its intricately complex chronology‚ but also because of its unique narrative
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Monika Pietrzykowska Emily Dickinson and Civil War in selected poems Emily Dickinson was very much affected by the American Civil War. During the four years of conflict (1861-1865)‚ she wrote nearly 850 poems. This number amounts to almost half of her entire works and more than four times what she had written before this period. Emily Dickinson wrote four poems directly influenced by the war: "They dropped like Flakes"‚ "It don’t sound so terrible—quite as it did" ‚ "It feels a
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My reaction of Happy Endings and A Rose for Emily. Happy Endings is a quite interesting short story. Margaret Atwood is such a great author of her peers. She has put a different twist in literature. I was quite impressed with this‚ since I have not read anything quite so unique. The short stories that I have read have always been the same type of reading. They all have a straightforward beginning‚ middle‚ and end. With Happy Endings‚ it has many different scenarios that can possibly happen before
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Elizabeth Jennings English 1B Mr. Fritz February 19‚ 2013 An Explication of John Updike’s “A&P” “The sheep pushing their carts down the aisle -- the girls were walking against the usual traffic (not that we have one-way signs or anything) -- were pretty hilarious. You could see them‚ when Queenie ’s white shoulders dawned on them‚ kind of jerk‚ or hop‚ or hiccup‚ but their eyes snapped back to their own baskets and on they pushed. I bet you could set off dynamite in an A & P and the
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Analyzing Emily Dickenson In the poem‚ "Because I could not stop for death‚" Emily Dickenson personifies death as a gentleman who had stopped to pick her up in his horse-driven carriage (18th century). She relates her death and funeral procession to that of a carriage ride with the man‚ death himself. It is really interesting how in this first stanza she rhymes the two words "me" and "immortality‚" for she is immortal and the entire theme of this piece is foreshadowed with this literary technique
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Mac Hoffman HNRS 2013 Paper #3 An Explication of Character: Michael Eisner As the longtime CEO of Disney‚ Michael Eisner was responsible for helping the company reach heights it had never reached before. He took over Disney in 1984‚ at a time in which it was struggling‚ and ultimately expanded the value of the company by taking high risk-high reward endeavors such as ambitious movie productions and the acquisition of large companies. In his autobiography Work in Progress‚ Eisner presents his
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his beloved and keep his love sacred; if he does not‚ his lover have told him that she is going to disappear. Personally‚ I loved the story very much and although it was not similar‚ it reminded me of a book I read titled “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte.
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The Crucible Abigail Williams: "I am but God ’s finger‚ John. If he would condemn Elizabeth‚ she will be condemned." This quote is from the mouth of Abigail‚ the leader of the girls involved at the center of the plot. She is talking with John‚ and trying to rationalize the things that the girls are doing. Proctor knows what is at the heart of the matter as Abigail is merely trying to get rid of his wife so that they can be together‚ something that he no longer wants. This situation
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At this turning point in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ the protagonist‚ Romeo‚ has been banished for killing Tybalt out of revenge for the death of his cousin‚ Mercutio. In having to face his banishment‚ Romeo flees to Friar Laurence’s cell to escape the Prince’s men and consult on what he shall do. During Friar Laurence’s monologue in act three‚ scene three‚ he explained to Romeo how being banished is a much better punishment than the original punishment‚ death; that his lack of
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Explication of "The Man He Killed" In "The Man He Killed‚" Thomas Hardy demonstrates a sense of disgust for war‚ by comparing two men‚ who could have grown up together‚ and are now fighting against each other for someone else’s cause. The speaker‚ a young man who has served his country and killed an opposing soldier‚ relates to the man he has killed. This is a closed form style poem with dark undertones of the senselessness of war. In the first stanza‚ the young man describes meeting the
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