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    EXP3202C Lab Report 1 Introduction Audition‚ or the sense that allows one to hear via the perception of the amplitude and frequency of sound waves‚ was the sense tested during the course of this experiment. The mechanical processes involved in hearing include air vibrations that enter the outer ear and are converted to fluid vibration in the inner ear‚ which are then transduced to electrical signals sent to the brain for interpretation. (Connelly‚ 2014) Any time an object vibrates it creates

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    Hart Czerny English 101 2 November 2012 Never Letting Go of the Past: A Rose for Emily Throughout “A Rose for Emily”‚ William Faulkner reveals that change didn’t come so easy to some of the folk living in the south at the end of the American Civil War. Some people of the south clung to the values and the way of life‚ for which they once knew. Miss Emily Grierson was one of these folk. Throughout “A Rose for Emily”‚ “Emily represents the Pre-Civil War South‚ and her mind is stuck in the past time

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    show controversial biographies of two classic writers‚ Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes; their interpretation of our not always understandable world. Dickinson and Hughes are very different writers by their style and problems‚ which they portray through their writings. However‚ there is one characteristic common for both‚ it is deep ideas in their writing style that makes a reader think and change their perception of their world. Emily Dickinson‚ in her poem “Frankenstein” expresses her desire

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    A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner illustrated the tale of a lone dead southern woman‚ Emily‚ who was set in her ways. Emily could be described as regressive and secretive‚ meaning she refused to evolve with her town and always remained buried inside her home. She refused all forms of progression‚ like when the townsmen attempted and failed to claim her taxes‚ or when she did not allow the mail-carrier to place a mailbox outside her home. Additionally‚ Emily’s secrecy made her a victim of pejorative

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    short story “A Rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner amazes the reader with its suspenseful mood through the story. When the reader is first introduced to the story he or she is likely to not understand the exceptional form of work the author uses. They are likely to be bewildered by the flashbacks played through the setting of the story. However‚ after multiple readings‚ it is easy to comprehend the story and the intellect given by the author. In the story‚ we learn about Emily Grierson who

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    In Rodgers analysis of “A Rose for Emily” he states that this is “the classical detective story‚” and he is right; Faulkner’s short story always has you guessing. The story has the reader guessing who is the narrator‚ is it a group of people or one individual who is always watching Miss Emily and just who is Miss Emily in this story. Rodgers compares Faulkner’s writing style to that of Edgar Allen Poe. Rodgers says‚ “It is commonly known that Faulkner learned much about genre-writing from his fellow

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    just like psychotic things.” These words fit the character Emily Grierson in William Faulkner’s short story “ A Rose for Emily ”. In this story some characters described Ms. Emily as strange‚ crazy‚ and some would even say psychotic. “ Its okay to be crazy‚ but don’t be insane” these words uttered by Sean Combs are true about Emily‚ she is not psychotic she is just a little bit crazy‚ but another thing Emily is also smart too. The reason Emily isn’t psychotic because she is quite smart and she is extremely

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    Analysis of A Rose for Emily Miss Emily represents the "old south." She is stubborn and she refuses to accept that the world is changing around her. The people of the town often gossip about Miss Emily. The use of symbolism and foreshadowing is a major component of the story. Miss Emily represents the "old south." She lives in her father’s house with her Negro servant Tobe. She has lived in the town and has been a member of the community for as long as anyone can remember. The people

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    The story A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner‚ published in 1930 was about a woman that is lonely that had recently lost her father and is obsessed with a farmer named HOmer. Emily gets too obsessed and poison Homer and kills him. She keeps his dead body and slept with his dead body for 10 years. Then Emily later on dies at the ending of the story. In the story there are three symbols that are important throughout the story. The most important symbols in the story is the strand of the hair‚ dust

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    for example‚ the “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ where a woman named Emily lives a solitary life‚ and after her father dies‚ she is left with no money and nothing but a house and gradually becomes insane. This horrific tale displays three critical lens theories: Psychoanalytic criticism because of her father’s attitude affected her relationships and way of being‚ Feminism because of Emily’s independent position‚ and Marxism because of the social roles imposed on Emily by the townspeople throughout

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