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    and provided for the family‚ women were left with the task of cleaning and cooking. Naturally‚ everyone depends on something or someone to live. Although‚ depending too much on a specific pattern is not good at all. In the short story‚ A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner‚ Miss Emily’s life is marked by male individuals. The same goes for Mabel in The Horse Dealers Daughter. Throughout the stories‚ both girls were completely dependent on their fathers and now they demonstrate the effects of losing

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    During the early 19th century‚ there were several writers in American literature at the time that had a great impact on society‚ two of them being Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. Although they were both very impactful after their lifetime because of their poetry exemplifying the change going on in America‚ many couldn’t see that change while they were living. Both poets had many differences and similarities that are shown in their poetry. In order to determine the similarities and differences of

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    do? Madness occurs in the mind of individual that have experienced an event or a series of events that their mind simply cannot handle and to avoid the harsh reality‚ they fall into the state of madness. In the story The Great Gatsby‚ “A Rose for Emily” and The Crucible the author portrays through a series of events recognizing the choices that individual has to make to obtain madness. Sometimes ideals can become such a big driving force in our life that they cause us to overlook the truth and ignore

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    vs. Free Verse Poet Emily Dickinson vs. Langston Hughes Chela M. Thomas September 15‚ 2013 Stratford University Abstract This paper is comparing and contrasting two poets‚ a Traditional Poet vs. Free Verse poet‚ Emily Dickinson vs. Langston Hughes. Research includes samples from their poems‚ “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” and “Dreams”. Comparing and contrasting the poets to show how different they are in their poetry. Traditional Poet vs. Free Verse Poet Emily Dickinson vs. Langston

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    Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allan Poe were known as America’s most genius‚ symbolic and professional gothic writers during the 19th century. Poe had a pretty depressing life where he encountered death of multiple loved ones. Dickinson was a middle-class woman who preferred privacy and was quiet and independent. Their poems leave readers in confusion but with a thirst to find the hidden message within each line. The most phenomenal thing about their poem is that when the message is received‚ the reader

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    A Rose for Emily Essay Title: The Jealous Townspeople I. Thesis Statement: A Rose for Emily is a story of the envy harbored by the citizens in reaction to Miss Emily’s pride‚ reclusiveness‚ and heritage. II. A. Topic Sentence: Miss Emily’s heritage is the first and most important reason the town’s people were desirous of her. 1. Supporting Sentence: Miss Grierson was born into a prominent family the residents of her town recognized as being an old and distinguished family.

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    Walt Whitman’s "To A Locamotive in Winter" and Emily Dickinson’s "I Like to See It Lap The Miles" are two very different poems about the same subject. Where Whitman uses strictly free verse‚ Dickinsons work is much more structured‚ with poynient line breaks‚ and punctuation. Their styles of personification also differ greatly. Where Whitman’s work is almost an ode to the locomotive‚ Dickinson’s is more a feeling of a journey. Another major difference in these works is the language they use.

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    Stuck in the past in “A Rose for Emily” by Faulkner Change causes a person to do things out of the norm. It is common for people to fear change. Most people although afraid will accept the changes and adapt to it. Others will control that change unwilling to adhere to the new and unfamiliar way of things. Many are stuck in the past‚ in the traditions that guide their lives. Emily Grierson is a product of the Old South‚ rich in traditions and set in her ways. The New south means change; traditions

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    representations of the South. In William Faulkner’s timeless short story “A Rose for Emily‚” Miss Emily Grierson and her father Mr. Grierson uphold the outdated ideas of chivalry and southern traditions. The Griersons are Faulkner’s commissioners of the old South. One way that Faulkner portrays Emily as a southern traditional character is in her obedience and loyalty to the southern values which are instilled by her father. Emily has the desire to fulfill the traditional southern female role of the loving

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    1. “A Rose for Emily” is narrated in first-person plural. Why do you think Faulkner chose “we” rather than “I” as the voice for the story? How might this narrative strategy be related to the description of Emily as “a tradition‚ a duty‚ and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town” (part 1 paragraph 3)? I think Faulkner chose “we” rather than “I” to insinuate the town as a whole view of Emily. She was a duty to the whole town. Emily felt she had privilege over comon town folk and their

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