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    In William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech‚ Faulkner takes the opportunity to talk to the “young men and women‚” who are also dedicated writers. Faulkner explains to the “young men and women” what valuable writing is. Faulkner implies that man cannot write about physical dangers‒ man must write about the universal truths. Faulkner defines what valuable writing is through parallel structure and repetition in his address. In his Nobel Address‚ Faulkner incorporates parallel structure to answer

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    Rose for Emily” William Faulkner is the author of the Nobel prize winning short story‚ “A Rose for Emily.” The story takes place in the nineteenth century in Jefferson‚ Mississippi‚ and the theme of the underlying American story is resistance to change. It is a challenge to the readers to understand that this story portrays to be a horror‚ yet it leaves the readers with a vague feeling of what anyone person would feel during the loss of a loved one. In this story‚ William Faulkner uses instances of

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    In the short story‚ “A Rose For Emily” written by William Faulkner‚ Emily Grierson ultimately killed Homer for eternal love and the fact she needed a man to depend on since she did her whole life. Everyone has heard the crazy things that people do for love‚ but some boundaries are broken with ridiculous cases of death being the solution. For example‚ Romeo and Juliet had to go to the extreme of death for love‚ but in this short story by Faulkner‚ death forces Homer to have an early retirement and

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    Faulkner comes across as very unforgiving and critical of the society at large and the way with which it treats people who stray from the norm. In his novel‚ he includes characters with specific characteristics that make them easy for society to exclude and outcast. Lena is a perfect example of someone seen as a social outcast. There are many qualities Lena possesses that society would not agree with‚ such as the unusual circumstances of her pregnancy. In the time period Faulkner wrote this‚

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    people can be treated and how it happens in life today. William Faulkner brilliantly illustrates the importance of integrity and loyalty in this short story. The Author William Faulkner was born in New Albany‚ Mississippi in 1897. He joined the Royal Air Force during the First World War and studied for a while at the University of Mississippi. He temporarily worked for a New York bookstore and a New Orleans newspaper. William Faulkner became famous for a series of novels that explore the South’s

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    who was denied the privilege to love and be loved at young age. The author‚ William Faulkner‚ was born and raised in Mississippi at the turn of the century. Faulkner is known as one of the 20th century’s best writers. “The man himself never stood taller than five feet‚ six inches tall‚ but in the realm of American literature‚ William Faulkner is a giant” (“William Faulkner”). In the short story A Rose for Emily‚ Faulkner ties the story together through setting‚ foreshadowing‚ symbolism‚ and most

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    symbols of the past. In literature‚ southern characters have been created to convey the representations of the South. In William Faulkner’s timeless short story “A Rose for Emily‚” Miss Emily Grierson and her father Mr. Grierson uphold the outdated ideas of chivalry and southern traditions. The Griersons are Faulkner’s commissioners of the old South. One way that Faulkner portrays Emily as a southern traditional character is in her obedience and loyalty to the southern values which are instilled

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    nothing left‚ she would have to cling to that which had robbed her‚ as people will” (Faulkner). A Rose for Emily is a Southern gothic revolving around the later years of the life of Emily‚ a woman whose days were filled with heartbreak and emptiness. Her actions cause readers to put her mental health into question‚ especially with the fact that her family has a history with cases of insanity. Written in 1930‚ William Faulkner submerges his readers in an ominous tale full of love‚ loss‚ death and ignorance

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    “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner introduces the story of Emily Grierson’s enigmatic life against the townspeople. Her southern identity exposes a personal conflict‚ which later reveals a solemn surprise. In “A Rose for Emily”‚ the protagonist’s empathetic emotions and abnormal behaviors reveal her distance between the townspeople‚ moreover‚ describing her mysterious figure. To begin‚ Miss Emily’s physiological state proposes her solitary emotions and exotic behaviors due to the death of Miss

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    It is said that actions and thoughts follow energy. To elaborate‚ what one does or thinks depends highly on the attitude the person is experiencing at the moment. In William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily‚ the author presents the story through narration in a third person point of view. The narrator is the voice of the people who live in Jefferson‚ and tells the story in a series of memories in no chronological order. The author successfully gives the reader a general sense of how the people of Jefferson

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