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William Faulkner, 2002.
An examination of the literary style of the author William Faulkner.
1,474 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper discusses how the author William Faulkner (1897-1962) was obsessed with the dark side of human mind and in his in-depth psychological exploration of such areas, he would produce stories that were often violent and negative. It looks at how Faulkner believed in shocking his readers and taking them by complete surprise and how most of his works have a sinister air about them as if the author is foreshadowing a really dark and appalling ending. It studies three different pieces of writing by William Faulkner and comments on the writer?s style and explains the use of common themes and devices. The three works are "A Rose for Emily", "Barn Burning" and "The Bear".
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"Faulkner has been associated with thrilling mysteries where he would bring out something evil in the characters. His fascination with the darker side of human mind is evident from his works including his most famous short story, A Rose for Emily. Here Emily stood for twisted human psyche, which leads to bizarre happenings. The author?s style is mysterious as if he is trying to hide something all the time, only to take his readers by complete surprise in the end. Faulkner would often keep his work deceptively simple just to maximize the impact of the last twist in the plot. This is exactly what happens in A Rose for Emily where Emily is shown as a simple mysterious woman who didn?t like intrusion or interference in her life. However her unusual existence is quite intriguing and give birth to various stories about her."
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William Faulkner, 2006.
This paper examines various works of literature by acclaimed author and poet William Faulkner while also focusing on the novelist's personal life and experiences which greatly contributed to his writing.
1,323 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper delves into the personal life of author William Faulkner from his birth in 1897 in Mississippi and up to his acceptance of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1950. The writer of this paper contends and explains that despite Faulkner's generally pessimistic view of human nature which was clearly evident in his writings, the author in fact was positive and hopeful about the future of mankind. This paper discusses various works of poetry and literature by Faulkner while focusing on the plot and main characters in "Barn Burning" a short story about a boy and his troubled relationship with his angry, abusive and mentally ill father. This paper discusses the author's inspirations for both characters and stories which were often taken from personal events in Faulkner's life.
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"Faulkner studied literature for three semesters at University of Mississippi. During that time his first published poem appeared in The New Republic. He published poems and short stories in The Mississippian, the campus newspaper. He helped to form a drama club on campus and wrote a one-act play. Even after he left school he continued sending poems and prose pieces to The Mississippian. In 1921 he got a job in New York City at a bookstore where Elizabeth Prall, who later married the writer Sherwood Anderson, was manager. He returned home and from 1922 to 1924 was postmaster at University of Mississippi, but he wasn't cut out for the job. He read too much and played cards with his friends, misplaced and lost the mail, and did not serve the customers."
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The Works of William Faulkner, 2007.
This paper discusses several works by William Faulkner.
1,352 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes several works by William Faulkner. Specifically, it contains an analysis relating the author's life experiences to the writing he produced. The author believes that Faulkner's literary yet readable work endures because it captures the life and times of Southerners, resounding with their language, lifestyles, and customs. Additionally, the paper emphasizes Faulkner's use of setting as a powerful literary device.
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"Faulkner's style is literary, even when he writes of poor white Southerners. For example, in "Barn Burning," Sarty once thinks to himself, "Maybe it will all add up and vanish-corn, rug, fire; the terror and grief, the being pulled two ways like between two teams of horses-gone, done with for ever and ever" ("Faulkner 17). Faulkner's writing is complex and yet it gives a feeling of what the character is thinking and feeling in quite logical and simple terms. He also very effectively uses dialogue and dialect to indicate the characters locale, education, and even temperament. His style can be both "down home" and informal, and then learned and even sometimes cynical. In "Barn Burning" and many other works, Faulkner uses the colorful dialogue of the poor southerner to represent the family's sharecropper class. For example, throughout the story they never say "it," but always use "hit" instead. Because he understands the South so well, he can introduce the intricacies of the South to his readers quite effectively, which makes the reader feel as if they have been transported to a new place and time."
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William Faulkner and Toni Morrison, 2004.
Examines the influence of author William Faulkner on the African-American writer, Toni Morrison.
600 words (approx. 2.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 21.95
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Writers are often influenced by their predecessors, and Toni Morrison is no different. The type of work first immortalized by William Faulkner is clearly evident in her novels, and she not only uses some of the same techniques, but takes them to new levels. This paper shows that both Faulkner and Morrison write in a complex dialect and stylized manner that can be difficult to decipher on a superficial level. Both writers cover similar subject matter in their novels: complex familial relationships, including incest. The paper also shows that Faulkner and Morrison both frequently address issues of race and identity in post-slavery America.
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"Black characters populate the novels of both Faulkner and Morrison, and they speak in the natural rhythms of their dialect. In Go Down, Moses, the use of dialect is apparent when a black man speaks: ??Ha,? Tomey?s Turl said. ?And nem you mind that neither. I got protection now. All I needs to do is to keep Old Buck from ketching me unto I gets the word?? (Moses 12). This use of dialect is also seen in Morrison?s novels, including The Bluest Eye: ??Dillinger wouldn?t have come near you lessen he was going hunting in Africa and shoot you for a hippo?? (Bluest 54). For both novelists, the use of dialect helps create the reality of being black."
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William Faulkner, 2008.
An analysis of the literary style of William Faulkner.
1,221 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper examines how William Faulkner was an author who had exceptional themes and a similar style in all of his works. In particular, the paper examines three of Faulkner's short stories - "A Rose For Emily," "The Evening Sun," and "Barn Burning" , and explains how he combines the themes of revenge, social class defined by race, and the negative consequences of the difference in class and gender, in each of the stories.
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"In all three of Faulkner's stories mentioned, he describes a kind of social class that was present in the time the stories were written. This is most obvious when he discusses white supremacy in all stories. In "Barn Burning," this is seen when Abner disrespectfully talks to a black servant. Regardless of Abner's social status and poverty, it is evident that he feels he is superior to the black race. He exemplifies white superiority by saying " "Aint you going to even send a nigger?" He cried. "Atleast you sent a nigger before"" (Faulkner 89). The way that he talk about blacks in a condescending way shows that Abner thinks of blacks as subhuman. Faulkner also shows racial situations similar to this in "The Evening Sun." "
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Literature Comparison - William Faulkner and Ambrose Bierce, 2008.
A comparative analysis of William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" and Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" .
1,403 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 46.95
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This paper discusses how the stories William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" and Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" compare in so many ways. It looks at similarities such as the setting of war, the theme of death and the the love that the characters of Emily and Peyton have for their families.
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"Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is a story of a man who breaks the law and dies. The story describes why the man was hanged, the life after death and his life before death. The irony in this story is great in the fact that that the entire story is a description of the man's "great escape." In reality they are describing what has happened in his afterlife after he is hanged. The story proceeds to tell about how he was freed from the rope that was supposed to kill him and how he gets away. He swims with all of his strength until he can reach the point where it is safe to get out and be free of the bullets. The author depicts beautiful scenery that ironically seems heavenly with "the fragrance of their blooms," and "the wind made in their branches the music of Aeolian harps," when describing the sounds this man hears. "
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William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying", 2005.
A paper about family values in relation to William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying."
853 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper outlines the ineffectual management of a family and impossibility of a stable, nuclear family while lacking bonds necessary for good relations such as love, loyalty and trust. The model family used to prove the thesis is the Bundren family from William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying."
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"There are several intangible bonds that hold a family together. These bonds - which range from loyalty to love - act as the glue that solidifies and maintains the complex structure of the people and emotions that partake in a family. In William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, the Bundren Family lacks several of these essential ties. The mother does not love her children, the husband is selfish, the daughter is secretive, and the sons each have their own ulterior motives. Such characteristics make the existence of a functional family nearly impossible. As demonstrated in As I Lay Dying, upholding a cohesive household demands love, altruism, and honesty, without which a family cannot be properly maintained."
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William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!", 2007.
Discusses the intersection of race and class in William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!".
2,680 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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This paper explores the concept of intersectionality, which is the belief that systems of oppression reinforce each other. The author points out that William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!" is a novel that demonstrates that race and class are not only important because of what they culturally represent but also because of how the labels, such as "black", can affect the way people view and treat one another. The paper also relates that this book illustrates how race, in both a social and a biological sense, and class cannot be looked at as two separate entities but, instead, must be viewed as concurrent and coexisting ideas. The author presents the novel from the view point of the protagonist Thomas Sutpen.
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"Thomas Sutpen experiences an intersection of race and class when he is a young boy. Sometime during his youth, his father asks him to deliver a message to one of the rich whites in town. He does, and when he gets to the front door, a black man answers. The man was a servant of some kind and asked Sutpen to come around to the back door. Before this incident, Sutpen's only "trouble was innocence." He had believed that white men were white and black men were black, and that automatically put the whites on top of the blacks."
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William Faulkner and Franz Kafka, 2006.
A discussion of "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka.
772 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 27.95
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This paper discusses how "A Rose for Emily" (1930) by William Faulkner and "The Metamorphosis" (1916) by Franz Kafka demonstrate the development and effect of individualism in Western society. The paper further discusses the theme of individualism through the tone of each work's narrators.
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""Metamorphosis," meanwhile, presented the depiction of the individual who wanted to assert himself/herself in a society governed by fixed norms and rules throughout many centuries. Gregor Samsa, who had shown exhaustion from working and supporting his family, was able to assert himself by transforming himself into an insect. As an insect, he was unable to communicate with his family--and worse, he was unable to go to work and earn money to maintain the lifestyle that his family has. This incident is an ironic occurrence in the story: Gregor was only able to assert himself by rendering himself 'incommunicado' or incapable of communicating, with his family. Speaking the language not of people but of insects, he got what he wanted, only at the cost of being misunderstood and eventually, isolated and neglected, by his own family."
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Women in William Faulkner's Stories, 2002.
An analysis of the ideology of women in William Faulkner's novels "The Evening Sun", and "A Rose for Emily".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper will examine the place of women in the stories of William Faulkner. By analyzing such short stories as "The Evening Sun", and "A Rose for Emily", we can see the place of women in Faulkner's ideals of the feminine sex, but also how they have in the world in his kind. The major ways that this is accomplished in through the characterization that he is so known for, and the ability for his women to take a tragic stance in the stories.
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William Faulkner and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 2003.
A comparative analysis of the characters of Miss Emily from "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and the female narrator of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper".
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper compares Miss Emily from William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily" and the female narrator of Charlotte Perkins Gilman story, "The Yellow Wallpaper". It also looks at the impact of a male dominated culture on both women.
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" A comparison and contrast of Faulkner's Miss Emily and the narrator in Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" reveals the often negative and diminishing impact on women of living in a male dominated..."
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William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury", 2006.
A look at how William Faulkner uses the opening scene in "The Sound and the Fury" to teach his readers how to read the novel.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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This essay shows how the opening scene in William Faulkner's novel, "The Sound and the Fury", teaches the reader how to read the rest of the book by introducing the reader to the difficulties in narration and time that the story will present.
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"Throughout his writing career, William Faulkner always attempted to push the boundaries of literature. From creating his vast population and setting of southern characters to facing many tough southern topics such as racism and Reconstruction to stretching what was considered accessible and acceptable writing, Faulkner proved himself a true revolutionary and visionary. Perhaps his greatest feat, though, was teaching his reader how to read his work, and any other. One of the best examples of Faulkner teaching his reader how to read and how to experience a text is his masterwork, "The Sound and the Fury", in particular, the beginning passage. "
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William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying", 2006.
A look at the themes explored in William Faulkner's novel "As I Lay Dying".
1,104 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper explores the theme about the search for structure and meaning in world that seems to have neither, in William Faulkner's novel, "As I Lay Dying". The paper also explores the more obvious theme about death and dying and explains that Faulkner explores these themes through the various perspectives and subjective thoughts of the characters in the novel.
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"As mentioned, the search for identity is emphasized by the central theme of death and dying. The proximity of death and dying throughout the novel (Addie's slowly decaying corpse) emphasizes the search for meaning in the face of death. It also reminds us that we are in a continual process of dying. The novel also plays on various underlying metaphorical connotations. This is alluded to by Vardaman's attempt to understand his mother's death. He cannot conceive of her death rationally and sees her as a "Fish" which he has eaten. This image also has ironic connotations of resurrection and rebirth which underpins much of the central meaning of the work. In this regard some critics ( Swiggart P. 1962) view the novel in a mock- heroic light. From this perspective the book has the outward appearance of a heroic journey to bury the mother. There are also heroic characteristics to the novel in that the family faces dangers such as floods and fire. However the heroic is undercut by the often petty and selfish motives of the family."
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William Faulkner, 2002.
A review of one of William Faulkner's short stories, "Barn Burning".
1,017 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the use of opposition and tension to illustrate the major themes of "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner. The paper describes how these oppositions help to create the tension and mood in the story, and serve as a literary device to illustrate the author's themes of the initiation of the adolescent into adult life, and the triumph of the personal conscience over family loyalty.
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"Sarty?s blood tie to his father versus the pull of moral imperative to society in general is likely the major opposition within ?Barn Burning?. As the story begins, Sartoris Snopes is in court, hoping that he does not have to testify in the arson case against his father, Mr. Snopes. Sarty knows that his father is guilty, but is willing to lie in court because he feels that his blood tie, to his father, or the ?pull of blood? outweighs any moral imperative or decent behaviour to society. Sarty thinks that Mr. Harris is "his father's enemy (our enemy he thought in that despair, ourn, mine and hisn both! He's my father!)". Ultimately, Sarty must warn Mr. de Spain of his father?s plans to burn down the plantation, as he cannot stop his father?s actions. In this warning, the moral imperative to society wins out over the blood ties to his father, and Sarty has passed through a difficult and painful initiation into adult life."
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"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, 2002.
This paper looks at the first short story published by William Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily".
2,218 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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According to the writer, Faulkner drew upon his own town of Oxford, Mississippi for his stories, his setting, and his themes. The paper shows how within this story, Faulkner goes beyond the horror of the situation he creates to provide a sense of the movement of history, relating this to the horror to show how people hang on to the dead past and often fail to live their lives while doing so.
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"Emily is a woman who is separated from her neighbors by a terrible secret, and the mere fact that she is so separated creates a tension between herself and her neighbors. The people of the town view Emily as a person who is not a complete human being. At the same time, her social position requires a certain sort of match to satisfy the town, and Homer Barron does not fit the bill: "Of course a Grierson would not think seriously of a Northerner, a day laborer" (Abrams 2047). Ultimately, though, a marriage with any man is better than no marriage at all: "Then we were sure that they were to be married. . . We were really glad" (Abrams 2048). Women in stories like "A Rose for Emily" are separated from men, and the mere fact that they are separated creates a tension between themselves and their neighbors. In the atmosphere in which she lives, there is little for her to do once it appears she has been abandoned except to withdraw from all social discourse. Her father had chased away all her suitors, and now another male seemed to have abandoned her as well. Her father's death is also something of an abandonment, one she does not care to admit because she has been made so dependent on this male figure."
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