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    Class and Race in Faulkner's The Mansion In The Mansion, the last of William Faulker's Snopes Trilogy, Flem Snopes is killed by his daughter Linda and his cousin Mink because he betrayed family and clan ties. Flem used his wife Eula for his success and finally drove her to suicide. He also took advantage of his daughter' s love for him and tried to deprive her of her property. When Mink, detained on a charge of killing Jack Houston, desperately needed Flem's help, the cousin didn't even

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    Every haunted house usually has a sad or treacherous past. Lemp Mansion is no exception. Declared as one of the nine most haunted places in America, the Lemp Mansion in St. Louis has its own history of suicides and untimely deaths. The members of the family had wealth and power yet it seemed almost like a curse was on the family, causing misery and grief over the years. In 1838, Johann Adam Lemp settled down in St. Louis and opened a grocery store where he sold home-brewed beer based on his family

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    Cameron Barba Ms. Carunchio English 11B 12 February 2009 “A Rose for Emily” Literary Analysis In “A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner uses setting, character development, and stylistic devices to express the mystery of Emily and the somewhat gossip-obsessed attitude the townspeople have towards Emily. Faulkner uses the setting to convey the mystery surrounding Emily and her actions. For example, Faulkner writes “ knocked at the door through which no visitor had passed since she ceased giving

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    Theme of Death in William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" is a tragic tale of a Southern aristocrat, Miss Emily Grierson, who is the subject of a town's obsession.  The narrator, a member of the town, tells the story of what transpires in a decaying old Southern house that is always under the watchful eye of the townspeople.  They witness Miss Emily's life, her father's death, her turn to insanity and the death of both her and her lover.  The theme

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    William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” captures the horror of loneliness and isolation in the heart of a community. Emily Grierson is an outworldly and unwanted presence in the town of Jefferson, encompassing all the opposite values of the place and time she was living in. She represented the old, aristocratic world, forever in conflict with the modern values and fast-paced new generations, from which she retreated under an impenetrable shell. What is interesting about Emily Grierson is that she

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    The Jolly House In a house lived a mother and two daughters. One of the daughters was named Carla, she was adopted. Her mother abused her and her sister bullied her. She was treated like a slave. She had to clean everything in the mansion and she ate little. One day her sister's friend came over and said, "I'm bored playing with dolls, can we do anything else?” "Hmm, oh I know something we can do, hey Carla come here," she yelled. Carla was sweeping the floor and said "Okay." She ran quickly

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    The Pittock Mansion

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    sightseeing, to clubs. One of Portland's most unique historic attractions is the Pittock Mansion. The massive Mansion was built by Henry Pittock; the founder and publisher of the Oregonian Newspaper. The interior is decorated in French-Renaissance and Victorian design, and has the use of 20th century furniture. For the price of 8 dollars for an adult and 5 for a child, one may receive a guided tour of the astronomical Mansion, where one would learn about the lavish high class life they lived in Portland.

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    then all of a sudden, he just disappears.   Don’t believe it’s haunted yet, just wait till the next story! The Most Haunted Mansion Ever:   Everyone knows Disneyland 's Mansion! It’s only the most known places in Disneyland and also known as the most Haunted Mansion.   Of course people would believe that it’s haunted because, I mean come on! It’s a mansion! A lot of mansions are haunted but nothing

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    In 1890, there lived a woman, named Mary Cheapmann. She was a beautiful young lady with long blonde straight hair, white skin, and blue eyes. Every man that she met can’t resist to not see her face. She lived with her father, James Cheapmann in a village in Wiltshire, England. It was a small, peaceful and tranquil village, where the people lived happily and harmoniously. She helped her father every day, who was a poor vegetable seller in a traditional market. One morning in autumn, as usual Mary

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    Victory Mansions

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    option because the elevator never works (page one). Victory Mansions were old flats, built in 1930 or thereabouts, and were falling to pieces. The plaster flaked constantly from ceilings and walls, the pipes burst in every hard frost, the roof leaked whenever there was snow, the heating system was usually running at half steam when it was not closed down altogether from motives of economy (page 20). The importance that Victory Mansions has with the setting is that from the roof you could see all

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