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    William Faulkner is one of the most famous American Prose writher. He came from a wealthy family. Faulkner grew up in Oxford, Mississippi. He temporarily worked for a book store in New York. He is famous for his novels set in the American South. He writes a lot of novels about reality and social issues that most American writers left in the dark. Faulkner has been awarded many Nobel Prizes, but in 1949 Faulkner was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature. The committee consider him one of the most important

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    William Faulkner is one amazing writing ,who is known for his many short stories .However, many has wondered what has influenced him in writing these stories . Like his well known, most famous short story “A Rose for Emily”, which has always been compared to “Barn Burning”, one of Faulkner’s other short story. It only make sense to compare them two together because these two stories has may similarities , whether it may be in setting , characters or style they favor each other . Nevertheless

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    The stylistic writing devices, vocabulary, and narrative voice utilized by William Faulkner in this excerpt of “A Rose for Emily” provide insight into the communal perspective held by the townsfolk toward outsiders, as well as those who live amongst them – specifically Miss Emily. When examining the story in its entirety, this excerpt serves to demonstrate the condescending, gossipy nature of the townspeople, and the idea that Miss Emily’s affairs concern the whole town. The incorporation of stylistic

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    Faulkner once said in a conference: ’’I think women are wonderful. They are stronger than men’’. In this paper, two samples of conflict between feminine and social conflict of the protagonist are going to be studied. The purpose of this paper is to prove that William Faulkner’s writings reveal a deep understanding of the problematic position of women within the patriarchal society of the southern USA within the half of the nineteen century. When one hears about William Faulkner, he or she should

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    “A Rose for Emily”, written by William Faulkner, is a story about a lonely upper-class woman who is struggling with life and the traditions in the Old South. Besides the effective use of literary techniques, such as symbolism and a first plural-person narrative style, Faulkner also succeeds in creating a suspenseful and mysterious story by the use of foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is a device used to give hints about what is going to happen in a story without giving the ending away, which also allows

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    humans are the symbol of morality and truth but most chose to turn a blind eye to the wrong back when racism and equal rights did not exist. In the short story “Dry September” by William Faulkner the author uses weather through irony, motif, and pathetic fallacy to show that blindness is the theme of the story. William Faulkner uses irony through the characters to show the theme of the story. In the first chapter one of the men in the barber shop states; “It’s this durn weather” … “It’s enough to make

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    In “That Evening Sun,” William Faulkner uses only thousands of words to recreate the old, cruel doctrine of racial discrimination in the South America. The whole story is told by a young boy, and it analyses the miserable life of a poor black woman, Nancy, from a naïve child’s perspective. The words in the story are simple but straightforward. Faulkner makes this story strange but unique by leaving no special relationship between the young narrator and the black woman, so the narrator is pushing

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    1. From what point of view is "A Rose for Emily" told? Why? In William Faulkner 's short story "A Rose for Emily" the reader is given the account of an old woman who is rejected by society. The reader is acquainted with Miss Emily Grierson by a spectator, somebody who is not Miss Emily, but rather part of the town that rejects her. The storyteller has a somewhat omniscient perspective, knowing more than the normal town 's individual, however not all that matters there is to think about Miss Emily

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    In William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose For Emily”, there are a few themes and symbols that are the most significant. The main character, Emily Grierson, is used to display the struggle against change while trying to keep old traditions alive. Emily’s house is a perfect symbol of old traditions. The theme of death is also displayed, as death seems to just follow Emily throughout her life. At the end of the short story, something as simple as a piece of long, gray hair becomes a huge symbol of

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    Literary devices in a story are similar to the components of an engine in a car. Factors that reveal the author’s message to the reader are critical. In “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, uses point of view, character, and symbolism to bring the reader into his world. It is through the eyes of the narrator that the reader can see the lapse of Miss Emily’s timeline, the unfolding of her character, and the symbolic nature of her actions and possessions. The changes the town of Jefferson goes through

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