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    for example‚ the “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ where a woman named Emily lives a solitary life‚ and after her father dies‚ she is left with no money and nothing but a house and gradually becomes insane. This horrific tale displays three critical lens theories: Psychoanalytic criticism because of her father’s attitude affected her relationships and way of being‚ Feminism because of Emily’s independent position‚ and Marxism because of the social roles imposed on Emily by the townspeople throughout

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    just like psychotic things.” These words fit the character Emily Grierson in William Faulkner’s short story “ A Rose for Emily ”. In this story some characters described Ms. Emily as strange‚ crazy‚ and some would even say psychotic. “ Its okay to be crazy‚ but don’t be insane” these words uttered by Sean Combs are true about Emily‚ she is not psychotic she is just a little bit crazy‚ but another thing Emily is also smart too. The reason Emily isn’t psychotic because she is quite smart and she is extremely

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    stories make readers feel that they know the characters‚ so much so that the characters become real to the readers. This is the case in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”. Faulkner does an impeccable job of introducing readers to Miss Emily‚ and through her actions he makes it clear what kind of person she is and why she is that way. Miss Emily is the result of the overkill of love’s protection‚ thus making her a proud‚ commanding‚ and lonely woman. The post-Civil War South was a world completely

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    A Rose for Emily is a short story written by popular American author William Faulkner‚ which details the events of Emily Grierson‚ an aristocratic woman admired by the community. The setting of this story takes place in Mississippi‚ in the fictional town of Jefferson between the post antebellum period and the late 1920s. William Faulkner divides this story into five separate sections‚ each detailing certain events that typically do not happen in a chronological order. In section one‚ the story

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    The story A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner‚ published in 1930 was about a woman that is lonely that had recently lost her father and is obsessed with a farmer named HOmer. Emily gets too obsessed and poison Homer and kills him. She keeps his dead body and slept with his dead body for 10 years. Then Emily later on dies at the ending of the story. In the story there are three symbols that are important throughout the story. The most important symbols in the story is the strand of the hair‚ dust

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    In "A Rose for Emily"‚ William Faulkner uses a theme common to many of his works. The changing of values and attitudes in southern society. Miss Emily was born into a family‚ the Griersons‚ that were very established in the community. She was said to be "the last Greirson" in this southern community. The family was no longer wealthy‚ but continued to be held in high esteem after her father died. The only material thing her father left her was the family home. Miss Emily was left a pauper

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    Over the course of Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”‚ Miss Emily’s unpredictable and quirky behavior aroused a sense of curiosity amongst the readers. The readers‚ much like the townspeople in the story‚ are left wondering the cause of Miss Emily’s behavior. It could easily be inferred that Miss Emily experienced a mental disease. After evaluating her symptoms in this short story‚ it can be supported that Miss Emily suffered from schizophrenia. “Schizophrenia is a serious disorder‚ which affects how

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    Essay 1 – Prose Analysis This paragraph is found near the end of the short story‚ “A Rose for Emily‚” by William Faulkner. In this excerpt‚ we are thrust into the funeral of Emily‚ and the effect of her death upon the townsfolk. Emily‚ a reclusive and apparently mentally disturbed spinster‚ has been a talked about figure in the town for the majority of her years. Her life and death have been all about relationships – both of the ones she

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    Eduardo Leon 5.4 Respond to the following in complete‚ well-developed sentences. 1. Upton Sinclair was called a "muckraker." How did Sinclair "muckrake" for social reform? 
uncovering the horrible working conditions for the people working in the meat industries. Americans later demanded for better working conditions. 2. Sinclair was convinced ".... through art one could cause change." What was established as a direct result of the public outcry from this novel? The pure food and

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    add detail to the overall plot. It can show how drastically things have may changed from earlier years to the more present. For instance in Faulkner’s‚ “A Rose for Emily”‚ he uses the time of the story to correlate to the land. “But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily;s house was left‚ lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above

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