Joyce Carol Oates Essay

“A Rose For Emily” by William Faulkner, is a short story explaining the life of the peculiar woman named Emily Grierson. Emily, the main character, is a wealthy woman who suddenly lost the only man that loved her, her father. Then her lover suddenly disappeared, later in the passage the readers find out Emily has poisoned and killed him. Faulkner manipulates time through his use of foreshadowing, flashback, and slow pacing in order to create mystery. The author, William Faulkner, uses foreshadowing

Left open to interpretation, William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” tells the remarkable story of Miss Emily Grierson whose life and death, particularly her funeral, drew the attention of her town. Throughout the story, respectability, and the loss of it is presented as the central theme. Faulkner’s elaborate use of setting coupled with characterization foreshadows and creates suspense and his use of metaphors help guide the reader to the climax of the story, Miss Grierson’s bittersweet ending. Initially

After reading the short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” it makes me thinks about the society we live in today. There are many young girls that are just like the main character Connie, looking for attention in all the wrong places. Connie was willing to dress the part of being an older woman, but was still so very naïve little girl that does not have I clue about is going on in the world around her. It is very shocking how this author’s story from 1960s makes a strong connection

Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor believes “the form of the story gives it meaning which any other form would change.” William Faulkner, the author of “A Rose for Emily” and a fellow Southern Gothic writer, must have known about O’Conner’s viewpoint as he prepared to write his five section short story. Faulkner wants his readers to understand the passage of time throughout the story and accept Emily Grierson, the story’s protagonist, as crazy or “perverse.” “A Rose for Emily” is written in

Autumn Flannery October 30th, 2014 Introduction to Literature and Writing Poetry Explication The poem I chose for this assignment is titled ‘The Rose’. The author’s name is unknown, but s/he goes by the pseudonym 'jquill89' online. The poem is very graphic and visual, about the narrator's experience with the rose. Although the rose is probably supposed to symbolize a greater theme in the poem, it’s up to the reader to decide what it is. I think the rose is meant to symbolize a relationship

Grace Sparks Mrs. Potts Eng1123-C 17 February 2015 The Fallen Miss Emily In life, everyone suffers some sort of grief, whether its through death or heartbreak. In "A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner, a lonely and selfish woman named Miss Emily suffers both. Within the story, Miss Emily loses her father and a lover to death. Miss Emily is unable to grip the idea of death and suffers a great deal of denial. Faulkner's purpose in writing A Rose For Emily is to expose the way all humans react to

The story “A Rose For Emily” by William Faulkner and the poem “Annabel Lee” By Edgar Allan Poe are famous pieces of literature that draw many similarities. “A Rose For Emily” is in the point of view of the townspeople after Miss Emily Grierson has died. Emily has always been a subject of gossip in the town and all her secrets are soon unfolded. The Narrator is the main character of “Annabel Lee” whose story begins as he tells a tale of his lover Annabel Lee’s death, which is said to be caused by

“Where are you going, where have you been?” Any Adolescence can be distracted or thrown off track very easily considering that they are at those vulnerable ages were they just want to fit in and feel important. In Joyce Carol Oates’s short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, Connie’s mother did not make her feel pretty or important nor did her father. The title of this story can be interpreted many different ways. The title sounds like the sort of question someone would hear

The Ruined Maid The ruined maid is a dialogue between a country girl and her friend O ‘Melia. What the author mean by “Ruined” is what people considered back in the 1900s, when a girl loss her virginity without marriage, living in sin (Stanley Renner). O ‘Melia is considered as a prostitute or an escort. In the poem the friend said “Who could have I supposed I should meet you in Town?” Suggest that she was surprised to see O ‘Melia, the fact that she didn’t look awful, but instead was living in

“Do you know where I am” is a story by Sherman Alexie who highlights the challenges and rewards that Sharon goes through after she fell in love with David and got married to when she dies 50 years later (p. 168). In this story Alexie attempts to show that although two people who are in marriage can disagree and get into various tussles from time to time, the memories that come from the friendship and the companionship is what keeps the other person going in case of demise. He shows how David and