Carol Ann Duffy

In William Faulkner's, “A Rose for Emily”, the setting is a valuable key to the story’s meaning. The details Faulkner gives about the atmosphere and setting give the audience a background on the characters morals, beliefs, and reasoning to Miss Emily’s actions. The setting of “A Rose for Emily” gives insight to the the plot of the story that could not be achieved without it. Faulkner’s use of detail to describe the post Civil War town of Jefferson, the reclusiveness of Miss Emily’s house, and…

Aimee Byington English 2/28/15 Fiction Project Loss of innocence is a theme that is used in many literally pieces. In the short stories, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”, Young Goodman Brown, and “Greasy Lake” the theme of loss of innocence can tie these stories together. It is used in different ways with different plots, but it is still evident. In the short story, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, written by Bob Dylan, is a story about a fifteen year old girl named Connie.…

"A Rose for Emily", by William Faulkner, follows the suspenseful life of Miss Emily Grierson life while leading up to Emily's death. Throughout much of Emily's life, her actions are constantly determined by her southern duty and the men in her life; specifically her father. It is not until Mr.Grierson dies that the reader understands the important role her father plays in her life. At first, the townspeople have much respect for Miss Emily; however this soon changes as Emily not only poisons,…

In “A Rose for Emily,” by William Faulkner, Emily is a woman, living in a small town in Mississippi, who is held at arm’s length by the townspeople. They, the townspeople, have treated Emily as though she was a commodity that could be viewed and critiqued. Their failure to help Emily holds them responsible for the aftermath, because if they had forced her to pay her taxes, treated her like she was a part of the town, and put her in front of their reputation, the outcome of this Southern gothic…

“If You Were Coming in the Fall” is a poem written by the acclaimed Emily Dickenson that metaphorically speaks of how time passes when waiting for someone. Throughout the piece she uses domestic objects such as balls of yarn (line six) and finger tips (line 10) to describe years and months of waiting. This poem may allude to Dickenson’s mystery and forbidden love that her younger sister Vinnie wrote of. Through just twenty short lines Emily Dickenson accurately describes what it is to love…

Based on the short story” Where are you Going, Where have you Been”, written by Joyce Carol Oates, is the dark story of a teenager entering into adulthood. The story has four jargons such as; Fantasy verse reality, motif, symbolism and music. The Author wants the reader to think outside of the box by using the story plots to draw a conclusion. As I analyze the short story of “Where are you Going, Where have you Been”, I think of a variety of questions that are prevalent to understanding the…

In one, a woman driven to insanity by love murders her beau and sleeps by his corpse for thirty-odd years. In the other, a professor with acute liver disease is unjustly arrested and taken to prison. The two stories “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “Saboteur” by Ha Jin at first do not appear to have much in common; one takes place in an imaginary town in the South around the 1880s, the other in the newly formed People’s Republic of China. The first a story of love, the second of…

see “Where are you going, Where have you have you been" as a moral parable. In this essay I will examine the moral and religious themes that seems to lie behind "Where are you going, Where have you have you been" the short story by Joyce Carol Oates. Joyce Carol Oates uses metaphor, allegory, and symbolism to convey these themes to the reader without being to overt. The short story is loosely based on the crime of the serial killer Charles Schmid, also known as “The Pied Piper of Tuscon”. The…

Throughout everyone’s lives, it is inevitable to avoid a bitter breakup. It is something that everyone goes through. This dreadful experience is portrayed in “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” by Poison through contrasting imagery and metaphors. Poison’s use of imagery within the chorus vividly describes the harsh attributes that are presented in a relationship and the events that transpire after it has ended. The title of the song, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” depicts the image of a beautiful rose on…

In the story “ A Rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner starts off with Emily Grierson, the main character of the story dead with the whole town attending her funeral. The towns people are sad but, they are more curious about Emily house. Like what happened, or what Emily’s house looked like over ten years. William Faulkner expresses this by using the words “the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house.” The author uses the first paragraph to catch the reader's attention…