William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' / Comparing Two Critical Sources [ Send Me This Essay ] In 4 pages the author compares 'How Reader's Make Meaning' by Robert Crosman and 'Atmosphere and Theme in Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily'' by Ray B. West, Jr., which are both about William Faulkner's story 'A Rose for Emily'. An attempt is made to answer the question of which of the two arguments are found to be convincing and why. Bibliography lists 2 sources. Filename: Readmean.wps Behavior of Middle-or Upper-Class Southern Women Miss Rosa, Mrs. Compson, and Miss Quentin in William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom! and "The Sound & the Fury" [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper which examines the general standard of behavior expected of middle-or upper-class Southern white women, Miss Rosa Coldfield in Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!", Mrs. Caroline Compson and Miss Quentin Compson in William Faulkner's "The Sound & the Fury." Specifically considered will be how these standards compare and contrast with the way they actually behave in their individual lives, as influenced by their personal capabilities and/or temperaments. Bibliography lists 7 sources. Filename: TGwflady.wps William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"/ Treatment Of Women [ Send Me This Essay ] A 3 page essay on the treatment of Emily as a rose in Faulkner's story and other symbolism. The writer argues that Faulkner was undecided in his treatment of Emily, but if his intention was to support Emily's side of the incestuous relationship with her father, Faulkner failed. No additional sources cited. Filename: Rose.wps William Faulkner / Women & Moral Value [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page exploration of the female characters in four of William Faulkner's works : The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, The Unvanquished, and Sanctuary. Bibliography lists four sources in addition to Faulkner's own books. Filename: Faulk4.wps Fictional Portrayals of Women: William Faulkner Contrasted with Margaret Atwood [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page comparison of the portrayals of women found in William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" and Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale". Observes that the characterization of women in "As I Lay Dying" differs significantly from that in "The Handmaid's Tale". While the women in Faulkner's book are presented as simpletons and immoral, Atwood's women are presented as highly intelligent despite the societal prohibitions for being so and highly moral despite the forced circumstances of their lives. Both portrayals, however, are replete with stereotypical representations of women. In "The Handmaid's Tale", however, we are reassured that women are not shallow, not by nature promiscuous, despite the societal circumstances in which they may be forced to live. Filename: PPwomFic.wps The Use Of Place, Atmosphere And Mood In William Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' And D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter' [ Send Me This Essay ] 5 pages in length. There are both similarities and variations in the way that William Faulkner and D.H. Lawrence address the literary concepts of place, atmosphere and mood in 'Barn Burning' and 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter.' Indeed, both writers possess a significant ability to weave a web of intrigue and compassion by utilizing techniques inherent to setting, particularly with regard to emphasizing the necessity of conflict. Faulkner and Lawrence are two authors whose works thrive on the discord that is inherent to humanity; in fact, their very existence as literary giants comes from the fact that they are both so well-equipped to tap into the sometimes grim yet always entertaining aspects of the human condition. The writer discusses place, atmosphere and mood in relation to the two stories. No additional sources cited. Filename: TLChorse.wps William Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' / Point-Of-View [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page essay discussing the reason that this story by William Faulkner is more effectively told from the child's point of view than his father's, and what Faulkner has gained from this choice. It argues that since the amoral Abner is incapable of having a moral dilemma and therefore from generating true conflict, the stronger story comes from his son. No additional sources cited. Filename: Barnburn.wps Compare/Contrast Style And Tone In William Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' And Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find' [ Send Me This Essay ] 5 pages in length. There are both similarities and variations in the way that William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor address the literary concepts of style and tone in 'Barn Burning' and 'A Good Man is Hard To Find.' Indeed, both writers possess a significant ability to weave a web of intrigue and compassion by utilizing style and tone, particularly with regard to emphasizing the necessity of conflict. Faulkner and O'Connor are two authors whose works thrive on the discord that is inherent to humanity; in fact, their very existence as literary giants comes from the fact that they are both so well-equipped to tap into the sometimes grim yet always entertaining aspects of the human condition. The writer discusses style and tone in relation to the two stories. No additional sources cited. Filename: TLCbarn.wps William Faulkner's 'The Reivers' / Bildungsroman [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page analysis of William Faulkner's final novel. The paper examines Faulkner's use of an eleven-year-old protagonist, and discusses how well this novel fits the profile of a coming-of-age story, or Bildungsroman. Bibliography lists 4 sources. Filename: Reivers.wps William Faulkner/ Comparing Short Stories [ Send Me This Essay ] A 6 page analysis of two of William Faulkner's short stories, 'Barn Burning' and 'That Evening Sun.' In each of these stories, Faulkner addresses the economic structure of the South as a way of illustrating the social pressures that served to keep segments of the population oppressed. Despite this similarity, however, each story has diametrically opposed effects in that 'That Evening Sun' illustrates the injustice of oppression against poor blacks, yet 'Barn Burning' displays that the oppression that affected the poor whites was largely brought on by the father of the family quite intentionally. Bibliography lists 6 sources. 99bb&tes.wps Filename: 99bb&tes.wps William Faulkner's 'Absalom, Absalom!' [ Send Me This Essay ] A 6 page paper discussing Faulkner's 1936 novel 'Absalom, Absalom!' Primary to the report is a discussion of Faulkner's use of the past as a significant part of the story. No additional sources are listed. All information is drawn from the book itself. Filename: Absalom.doc The Symbolism of Fire in the Writing of William Faulkner [ Send Me This Essay ] This 13 page paper looks at the use of fire as a symbol in four books of William Faulkner. The four books discussed are Absalom Absalom!, As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury and Light In August. The bibliography cites 4 sources. Filename: TEfalfir.wps William Faulkner's 'Absalom, Absalom!'/ Character Of Sutpen [ Send Me This Essay ] 5 pages in length. William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! has been critiqued by a number of writers who have attempted to delve deep into the author's subconscious in order to understand the work's true meaning. In reviewing the characters, Sutpen is one of the most prevalent within these reviews, establishing a considerable share of attention when it comes to realizing each character's importance. The writer discusses how three separate critical sources portray the character of Sutpen. Bibliography lists 3 sources. Filename: FaulkAbs.wps William Faulkner's 'As I Lay Dying'/ Opposing Critical Viewpoints [ Send Me This Essay ] A 6 page paper critiquing the novel of the same name by William Faulkner. The critiquing is done as though there were two individual critics, Eldridge and Adams, discussing the book. Each has his own opinions and gradually they come to a semi-agreement in regards to their opinions. Bibliography lists 4 sources. Filename: Faulkc.wps William Faulkner's 'The Bear' / Symbolism [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper which examines William Faulkner's use of illusions and symbols in his short story, 'The Bear.' Bibliography lists 2 sources. Filename: Thebear.wps William Faulkner/"Addie" [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page analysis of William Faulkner's novel "As I Lay Dying," which concentrates on the character of Addie, the mother of the Bundren family that dies at the beginning of the novel. The writer argues that root causes of this family's dysfunction come from the restrictive societal definition of femininity. No additional sources cited. Filename: 99addfau.wps William Faulkner & Toni Morrison's / Modernist & Post-Modernist Literature [ Send Me This Essay ] This 4 page research paper explores twentieth-century modernist and post-modernist literature, as reflected in the works of William Faulkner and Toni Morrison. Specifically discussed are the style and content with their works with the social, culture and philosophical context of their writings through examination of excerpts from two of their short stories, A Rose for Emily and Recitatif. Bibliography lists 3 sources. Filename: Faulkmor.rtf Women Portrayed as Strong Characters in William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" (Caddy Compson), Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" (Janie Crawford), Willa Cather's "My Antonia" (Antonia Shimerda), and Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Als [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper which analyzes how women are portrayed as strong characters in William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury," Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God," Willa Cather's "My Antonia," and Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises." Specifically considered are how the authors portray the strength of their female characters, and how Caddy Compson, Janie Crawford, Antonia Shimerda, and Lady Brett Ashley overcame their respective difficulties. Bibliography lists 4 sources. Filename: TGlitlad.wps William Faulkner's "A Rose For Emily" And Yukio Mishima's "Patriotism": Theme And Symbolism Of Sex And Death [ Send Me This Essay ] 6 pages in length. Influential in both style and content, William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily and Yukio Mishima's Patriotism attacks gender, societal and cultural roles at one time by employing outwardly obvious indications of such roles within the fundamental structure of the story. These inferences help the reader to understand the thematic and symbolic messages of sex and death hidden within the framework of these literary works, as well as offer a connecting force to the overall symmetrical representation of their social impression. Bibliography lists 10 sources. Filename: TLCemily.wps William Faulkner's "A Rose For Emily": Social Influence [ Send Me This Essay ] 5 pages in length. The writer discusses how influential in both style and content, William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" attacks gender, societal and cultural roles at one time by employing outwardly obvious indications of such roles within the fundamental structure of the story. No additional sources cited. Filename: TLCrose.wps Comparison & Contrast of Jack Burden's Mother in Robert Penn Warren's 'All the King's Men' With Caroline Compson in William Faulkner's 'The Sound and the Fury' [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page character analysis which compares and contrasts Jack Burden's mother in Robert Penn Warren's 'All the King's Men' with Caroline Compson, the matriarch in William Faulkner's 'The Sound and the Fury.' Filename: TGburcom.wps William Faulkner / Life & Works [ Send Me This Essay ] 6 pages analyzing the life and works of William Faulkner. Includes brief biography, assessments of 'A Rose for Emily' and 'The Sound and the Fury,' as well as the recurring themes of life and death in his work. No Bibliography. Filename: Faulkner.wps Fire & Ice - Characterization, Setting & Theme in William Faulkner's Barn Burning [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper that explores how William Faulkner uses characterization, setting and theme in his 1939 short story Barn Burning to present a clear, concise picture of the class struggles that raged across the South in the decades following the Civil War. Discussed are the conflicts and contrasts between the characters of Abner Slopes, Sarty Slopes, and the Major and Mrs. Lula de Spain. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Filename: LCburn.doc William Faulkner's 'A Rose For Emily'/ Death & Decay [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper analyzing these themes in William Faulkner's classic short story. The paper shows how the images of decay pertaining to the Grierson house reflects the social and moral decay of the woman who lives in it. Bibliography lists two sources. Filename: Deathdec.wps Analysis of William Faulkner’s “The Hamlet” [ Send Me This Essay ] A 7.5 page paper which analyzes William Faulkner’s novel, 'The Hamlet,' specifically as it chronicles the transition from the “Old South” to the “New South.” Bibliography lists 5 sources. Filename: TGwfham.wps Recurring Themes & Images In William Faulkner's 'A Rose For Emily,' 'Barn Burning' & 'The Bear' [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper which examines the way in which William Faulkner repeats themes and images in his short stories, 'A Rose For Emily,' 'Barn Burning' and 'The Bear.' Bibliography lists 7 sources. Filename: TGfaulkr.rtf William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily'/ The Treatment of Southern Women [ Send Me This Essay ] This 6 page research paper examines the historical treatment of women in America, and as depicted in the novel of the 1924 William Faulkner short story, 'A Rose for Emily.' Specifically discussed is the South's refusal to 'change with the times' and the mistreatment of sheltered women who had been socially sheltered which resulted. Bibliography lists 4 sources. Filename: Rosemily.wps William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' / The Shadow Of The Father [ Send Me This Essay ] A 7 page paper on Faulkner's short story. It argues that Faulkner uses the posthumous character of Emily's father to show how she is limited and constricted by small-town Southern society. Bibliography lists 4 sources. Filename: Emily3.wps William Faulkner's 'The Sound And The Fury'/ Individual & Society [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper showing how the theme of the individual in society is portrayed within William Faulkner's novel. The paper points out that the characteristics of the individual family members illustrate the varying ways in which our search for self-worth in society at large can go awry. Bibliography lists 6 sources. Filename: Fury2.wps William Faulkner's 'The Sound and the Fury' / Analyzed [ Send Me This Essay ] This 5 page research paper reviews the 1928 William Faulkner novel, The Sound and the Fury. Specifically discussed are the decline of the southern family, the Compson's, and how each member reflects his or her individual social identity. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Filename: Soundfur.wps William Faulkner: How Does He Do It? [ Send Me This Essay ] ( 6 pp) Introduction Faulkner's main concern lies with depicting the historical development of the South, the degeneration of values, the effect of racism and the psychological state of mind of Southerners In apocryphal Yoknapatawpha County, setting for most of his fiction and patterned after his real-life home in Oxford and Lafayette County, Mississippi, Faulkner writes of regional characters who tell of economic and social frustrations. This famous address in American literature is a familiar location to literature students of all ages who encounter it in such stories as Barn Burning, A Rose for Emily, and That Evening Sun. ibliography lists 7 sources. Filename: BBFaulk.doc. William Faulkner's 'As I Lay Dying' / Tragedy [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper discussing Darl as a tragic hero in William Faulkner's novel. Filename: Tragdie.wps William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” and Sarty Snopes’ Revelation [ Send Me This Essay ] This 5 page report discusses William Faulkner’s short story “Barn Burning” published in 1939. In it, Faulkner tells about the Snopes family. Ab Snopes is a poor sharecropper and onetime horsethief who takes out his frustrations against the post-Civil War aristocracy by burning barns. Colonel Sartoris “Sarty” Snopes is his adolescent son, who detests his father’s destructiveness. Ultimately, Sarty has to make a choice between family loyalty and fundamental morality. Bibliography lists 2 sources. Filename: BWsarty.wps Pallid Past, Pressing Present - The Significance of Setting in Faulkner's A Rose for Emily [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper that discusses the significance of the setting in William Faulkner's short story A Rose for Emily. Also discussed is the theme of this story and how Faulkner combined setting and theme to present the story's central message. Bibliography lists 1 source. Filename: LCrose.doc Family Values in Crane and Faulkner [ Send Me This Essay ] A five page paper looking at Stephen Crane's novel Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and William Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" in terms of the effect family values have on the youthful protagonists. The paper demonstrates that in both cases, the main characters were raised with extremely negative family values, but while Faulkner's character -- a boy -- was able to reverse that tendency, Crane's character -- a girl -- was unable to do so because she relied too heavily on others for her salvation. No additional sources. Filename: KBmagg.wps Women’s Roles in Faulkner’s “The Unvanquished” [ Send Me This Essay ] A five page paper looking at this early novel by William Faulkner in terms of its perception of women’s roles in Southern society during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The paper concludes that Faulkner is most comfortable with women taking an active part in the war effort if they plan to return to being proper ladies when the war ends. No additional sources. Filename: KBunvanq.wps Faulkner's Stream-of-Consciousness Technique - The Method of Madness Behind The Sound and The Fury [ Send Me This Essay ] A 7 page paper that argues the point that the personalities and philosophies of the characters in William Faulkner's The Sound and The Fury are most effectively presented and emphasized in the order in which the author presents the four sections of the story. Discussed is Faulkner's combination of the stream-of-consciousness technique and the first person narrative style to present an inside view of the depth of the story's sense of chaos as well as his effective manipulation of time sequencing to emphasize this chaos. Bibliography lists 7 sources. Filename: LCStream.doc The Concept & Consequences of Time in Faulkner's 'The Sound and the Fury' [ Send Me This Essay ] A 9 page essay that examines the theme of time that flows through William Faulkner's novel entitled 'The Sound and the Fury'. This paper focuses on the means taken by each of the Compson family to escape time, therefore to escape reality. Also included is a summary of how Faulkner used the three Compson sons to represent the past, the present, and the future. Bibliography lists 8 sources. Filename: LCSound.doc Justice in Faulkner's "Sanctuary": [ Send Me This Essay ] A six page paper looking at the way William Faulkner portrays justice and the legal system in this 1931 novel. The paper contends that Faulkner posits two basic kinds of justice -- a cosmic level, and a human level -- and neither is operative here. Bibliography lists four sources. Filename: KBsanc.wps History in Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” [ Send Me This Essay ] A 7 page paper which discusses the short story, “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, in relationship to the history of the time depicted. Like nearly all, if not all, of Faulkner’s tales, the story takes place in a town which is the fictional representation of his own home town. In many of the characters, including Emily, we see the old traditions and beliefs remaining alive. It is only with the death of the people who held firm to these old beliefs, that the death of the Old South truly comes to be. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources. Filename: RAhistemy.wps William Faulkner/ "A Rose For Emily" [ Send Me This Essay ] An 8 page research paper that examines Faulkner's classic short story, "A Rose for Emily." The writer examines the thoughts of several scholars on the story, and also from a feminist perspective that considers the role that societal expectations played in the murder of Homer Barron. Bibliography lists 6 sources. Filename: khrosemi.wps William Faulkner's 'A Rose For Emily' / Southern Culture [ Send Me This Essay ] A 6 page paper on Faulkner's short story. It shows how Southern culture as much as Emily's response to it that exerts a death grip over this character's entire life. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Filename: Emilrose.wps William Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' / Symbolism & Characterization [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page essay on the famous short story showing how the characterization of Abner Snopes is enhanced by Faulkner's use of symbolism. Filename: Barnfau.wps William Faulkner's 'The Sound And The Fury' / Montage & Ordering [ Send Me This Essay ] This 5 page report discusses how Faulkner has cut and spliced the individual pieces of the story of 'The Sound and the Fury' together to create the final representation of the complicated world of one family. No additional sources cited. Filename: Montageo.wps William Faulkner's 'As I Lay Dying'/ Family Relationships [ Send Me This Essay ] A 4 page paper in which the writer explores family relationships in this Faulkner novel. The narrative of the novel is seen as indicative of the theme of the fractured family. No additional sources cited. Filename: Laydying.wps An Analysis of Three Faulkner Tales [ Send Me This Essay ] An 8 page paper which discusses William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," "Percy Grimm," and "Barn Burning." The paper compares and contrasts the characters from the stories, discusses how the stories relate to the time period of Faulkner, and illustrates what position Faulkner holds in American literature, due to these pieces and his work in general. Bibliography lists 7 additional sources. Filename: RAfaulk3.wps Comparison & Contrast of Literary Strategy / Hawthorne, Hemingway, and Faulkner [ Send Me This Essay ] In 5 pages, the writer compares and contrasts the literary strategy of style in three readings, one each by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner. The House of The Seven Gables, A Farewell to Arms and The Sound and The Fury are compared and contrasted in terms of the literary strategy of style. Bibliography lists 8 sources. Filename: Complsty.wps Class Distinctions in the Works of Faulkner and Allison [ Send Me This Essay ] 5 pages in length. In the Dorothy Allison story "Question of Class" as well as in the William Faulkner work "Barn Burning" we see how each author deals with the devastation of lives that poverty brings to us. The callousness of class distinction is brought almost rudely to our attention in each of these works, and yet these authors at the same time seem to romanticize the lives of the poor. Bibliography lists 2 sources. Filename: JGAfaulk.wps The Talent of Faulkner's Barn Burning [ Send Me This Essay ] This five-page-paper presents an in-depth discussion about the settings, and characterization of William Faulkner's "Barn Burning." Bibliography lists five sources. Filename: CWbarnbu.wps Social Evolution In America Through The Works Of Faulkner & Hurston [ Send Me This Essay ] This 8 page paper examines how William Faulkner charted social evolution in America in the person of Ike McCaslin in his 1942 short story, 'The Bear,' and how Zora Neale Hurston similarly described the African-American struggles in white society through the eyes of Janie Woods in her 1937 novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Bibliography lists 4 sources. Filename: Beareyes.wps Insanity in Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” [ Send Me This Essay ] A five page paper looking at William Faulkner’s short story in terms of the mental illness of its protagonist. The paper shows specific points in the story in which Emily can be shown to be insane. No other sources. Filename: KBemily4.wps Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums” and Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” [ Send Me This Essay ] A five page paper looking at these two stories by John Steinbeck and William Faulkner in terms of the way they reflect the protagonist’s internal struggle with him- or herself. These struggles may be reflected in concrete action or simply transform the character from within. No additional sources. Filename: KBstein4.wps Reviving the Past in Fitzgerald and Faulkner [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper looking at the ways these two authors bring the past to life in a work of short fiction set in the present. Specific examples are drawn from William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'Babylon Revisited.' Bibliography lists three sources. Filename: KBfitz.wps Black Identity in Faulkner’s “Light in August” and Wright’s “Black Boy” [ Send Me This Essay ] A six page paper comparing the protagonists of these two works (by William Faulkner and Richard Wright respectively) in terms of their racial identities, and their reactions to them. The paper asserts that it is very difficult to establish a positive racial identity when one’s race is constantly disparaged by society as a whole, and this has made both protagonists extremely hostile. Bibliography lists five sources. Filename: KBwright.wps The Town vs. the Individual in Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper on William Faulkner's classic story. The paper contends that because the town holds Emily Grierson in such awe, she does not have the benefit of the intimacy with her neighbors which might have enhanced the quality of her life. Bibliography lists six sources. Filename: KBemily2.wps Caddy Compson in Faulkner's The Sound And The Fury [ Send Me This Essay ] The character of Caddy Compson in The Sound And The Fury by William Faulkner plays a significant role in the establishment of plot and the process of developing identities for the other characters in the novel, specifically her brothers Quentin, Jason and Benjy. This 5 page paper explores the roles that her brothers had assigned her to and argues that Caddy was an independent woman who didn't seem to need to meet the criteria that society demanded of her as long as she was comfortable with who she was. No additional sources are listed. Filename: KTcaddys.wps Family In Faulkner [ Send Me This Essay ] The family in America has many definitions and connotations, the most prevalent being 'dysfunctional'. In William Faulkner's The Sound And The Fury and Absalom! Absalom! the family plays a significant role in the plot development as well as the characterizations of the family members. This 5 page paper argues that the dysfunctionality of the Sutpens is seen as greater than the Compsons merely because it was more public. The disintegration of both families is inevitable given the essence of the family structure. No additional sources are listed. Filename: KTfmlflk.wps Christ Symbolism in Kesey, Faulkner, and Ellison [ Send Me This Essay ] This 11 page report discusses Christ symbolism in Ken Kesey’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” William Faulkner’s “Light in August,” and Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man.” Numerous characters and storylines throughout literature evoke the symbology of Christ and the various aspects of the story of Jesus the Christ. Characters described as Christ-like may be loving, forgiving, or willing to sacrifice themselves for others. Time and again, literature of the Western world tells the story of an innocent killed for the crimes of others. And in each of the 20th century works named, the symbolism to Christ is unmistakable. Bibliography lists 7 sources. Filename: BWchrsym.wps “Representations of General Nature” in Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” vs. Woolf’s “A Haunted House” [ Send Me This Essay ] A five page paper looking at these two stories, by William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf respectively, in terms of how well they conform to Samuel Johnson’s observation that good stories should present “representations of general nature” -- in other words, reflect common experience. No other sources. Filename: KBnature.wps Faulkner's 'A Rose For Emily' and Gilman's 'The Yellow Wall-Paper' / Gender And Class Roles [ Send Me This Essay ] 5 pages in length. William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wall-Paper' both employ outwardly obvious indications of gender and class roles within the fundamental structure of their respective stories. These inferences help the reader to understand the symbolic messages hidden within the framework of these literary writings, as well as offer a connecting force to the overall symmetrical representation of the two works. The writer discusses how both authors use a combination of literary techniques in order to convey the association to gender and class role inference, which, it can be argued, are both subtle and overt in application. No additional sources cited. Filename: TLCyello.wps Characterization Through Conflict In James, Joyce, & Faulkner [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper using Henry James' short story 'A Mirror of Consciousness' as a springing-off point to show how a character's participation in an event which creates a conflict for him, and his response to that event, teaches us not only about the character but about ourselves. The writer primarily discusses 'Araby' by James Joyce and 'Barn Burning' by William Faulkner as examples of this. No additional sources cited. Filename: Hjames.wps William Faulkner's 'As I Lay Dying' / Analysis Of Characters [ Send Me This Essay ] An 8 page examination of the characters and their familial relationships, their strengths and weaknesses. Bibliography lists six additional sources. Filename: Laydyin.wps Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” and William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” [ Send Me This Essay ] A five page paper looking at the process by which adolescents separate themselves emotionally from their parents’ values and goals. The paper argues that in both stories, the young protagonists come to the difficult realization that the person their parents want them to be is simply not who they are. No additional sources. Filename: KB2kinds.wps William Faulkner's 'A Rose For Emily' / Emily As A Noble Character [ Send Me This Essay ] A 3 page original analysis of the characterization of Emily Grierson in this famous short story. The paper takes the approach that within her internal frame of reference, Emily's action conform to her own sense of morality and speculates on the causes of such a warped sense of reality. Filename: Em.wps Faulkner's Dry September [ Send Me This Essay ] This 5 page paper provides a quick definition of inductive and deductive reasoning and then reviews Faulkner's Dry September from the perspective of gender roles, inductively arguing that Dry September presents William Faulkner's criticism of social power systems based on gender through his presentation of Miss Minnie's complacency in a false representation of miscegenation. Bibliography lists 6 sources. Filename: KTdrysep.wps Theme, Setting, Symbols, and Character in Well-Known Works of Literature [ Send Me This Essay ] This 11 page report discusses a number of well-known literary works that offer a broad range of styles and concepts relating to the 19th and 20th century literary experience. Authors considered are Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Joyce, William Faulkner, Henrik Ibsen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, poet Elizabeth Bishop and brief references to William Shakespeare’s “Othello” and Robert Burns’ “Red, Red Rose.” Bibliography lists 7 sources. Filename: BWnine.wps Loneliness & Pride in “A Rose for Emily” [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper providing a critical analysis of this short story by William Faulkner. Specific points covered are theme, foreshadowing, irony, setting, and moral effect. The paper suggests that Faulkner’s intent was to show the loneliness of the wealthy, whom are considered by the rest of society to “have it all”. Filename: KBemily.wps Building Rounded Characters In The Short Story [ Send Me This Essay ] A 6 page look at the way Susan Glaspell, John Updike, William Faulkner, and Guy de Maupassant build realistic and believable characters in their short fiction. Particular stories discussed are Glaspell's 'A Jury of Her Peers,' Updike's 'A & P', Faulkner's 'Barn Burning,' and de Maupassant's 'The Necklace.' Bibliography lists 8 sources. Filename: Runded.wps Dream Time in “As I Lay Dying,” “The Trial,” and “The Invisible Man” [ Send Me This Essay ] A 12 page paper which discusses the use of the surrealistic, or dream time, in the books “As I Lay Dying” by William Faulkner, “The Trial” by Franz Kafka, and “The Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison. Each story presents the surreal, or dream time, in a completely different manner. Faulkner does it primarily through the use of 15 narrators and the use of incredible language in introspective thought of each narrator. Kafka is, as always, a very surrealistic writer who has always written from such perspectives in the fact that his story lines are surrealistic and exit in a special kind of dream time. Ellison’s dream time exists through the one narrator who is incredibly lost in a chaotic world as it relates to him discovering himself. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources. Filename: RAdreamtm.wps Compare and Contrast William Faulkner's Barn Burning and Shirley Jackson's The Lottery [ Send Me This Essay ] 6 pages in length. In this comparison of William Faulkner's Barn Burning and Shirley Jackson's The Lottery, the writer will consider the similarities and differences as well as the results of what emerges from this comparison. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Filename: JGAsjack.wps Faulkner's Flags In The Dust [ Send Me This Essay ] This 5 page paper explores the role of old Colonel John Sartoris in William Faulkner's Flags In The Dust. Bibliography lists 3 sources. Filename: KTsartor.wps Faulkner/O'Connor Comparison [ Send Me This Essay ] A 3 page essay that compares William Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily, and Flannery O'Connor's short story "Good Country People." In both stories, female protagonists come face-to-face with their deepest fears. Also, in both stories, the authors make use of the imagery of time to dramatize the situations of women and the roles dictated for them by society. No additional sources cited. Filename: khf&o.wps Male And Female Characters [ Send Me This Essay ] This 5 page paper explores the characters and relationships in James Joyce's short story, Araby, Edgar Allen Poe's Ligeia and William Faulkner's A Rose For Emily in terms of gender. No additional sources are listed. Filename: KTmlefml.wps Self-Absorption and Lack of Communication in Southern Literature [ Send Me This Essay ] An eight page paper surveying seven works of fiction by six different authors. The paper argues that because Southern heritage is so concerned with maintaining traditions and external forms of behavior (such as claustrophobic family ties), the Southern way of life invites its citizenry to live inauthentic lives. Specific authors and works discussed include William Faulkner's 'The Sound and the Fury,' Robert Penn Warren's 'All the King's Men,' Eudora Welty's 'The Wide Net' and 'Why I Live at the P.O.', Carson McCullers' 'Member of the Wedding,' Walker Percy's 'The Moviegoer,' and Flannery O'Connor's 'The River.' Bibliography lists 8 sources. Filename: KBwelty2.wps What is an American: Literature in the 20th Century [ Send Me This Essay ] An 8 page paper which discusses various literature of the 20th century and illustrates how each one presents us with a different image of what it is to be an American. The stories discussed are "Light in August" by William Faulkner, "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey, and "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison. No additional sources cited. Filename: RAamer20.wps Communication And Southern Literature [ Send Me This Essay ] 7 pages in length. There have been a number of influences that have shaped southern literature. From the time that Western Europeans founded the country to the inclusion of southern lore to the contributions of such literary giants as Eudora Welty and William Faulkner, the composition of southern literature has been both constant and ever changing. Indeed, as much as America, itself, is a melting pot of diversity within a cultural concern, so too has this considerable diversity represented a significant aspect of its stronghold in the literary world. However, the writer discusses how there is also a certain difficulty with southern literature, in that the communication factor is sometimes imperceptible and often troublesome to comprehend. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Filename: TLCsouth.wps The Past as a Perspective in the Art of Storytelling [ Send Me This Essay ] This 5 page paper compares the methodology utilised in William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" and Tim O'Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story". The way in which a story can be told as an event which has happened and the way that this may impact on the story and influence the reader is discussed with reference to these two works. The bibliography cites 4 sources. Filename: TEobrfal.wps Light in August [ Send Me This Essay ] A 5 page paper which expounds upon the story “Light in August” by William Faulkner. The story’s main purpose appears to be to truly discuss the problem of racism and prejudices. It presents characters that are not necessarily stereotypes and asks the reader to examine themselves and others more thoroughly. Issues of race and gender are discussed as well. Bibliography lists 1 additional source. Filename: RAaugust.wps "That Evening Sun": Nancy [ Click Here If This Is The Paper You Want ] A 5 page paper which discusses the story "that Evening Sun" by William Faulkner in relationship to the character of Nancy. The paper discusses Nancy's character in general as well as her evident problems. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources. Filename: RAevesun.wps ENTER YOUR TOPIC BELOW:   *Be sure to include ALL relevant keywords to ensure only results pertaining to the works of William Faulkner!