With the character's actions revolving around her death, William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying reveals the truth about the people who surround a person may take advantage of him or her. ... Addie is foremost the prominent abuser of her upcoming death in As I Lay Dying. ... "Addie is the one who is dying, but she makes revenges run throughout the family and extend beyond" (Wadlington 35). ... (Faulkner 213). ... Addie resents her children similarly in the way she resents her students when she expressed, "When school was out and the last one had left with his dirty s...

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• Grade Level: High School

"A Rose for Emily," by William Faulkner, tells us a story about Miss Emily Grierson. ... Three elements of language I find interesting in this story are symbolism, irony and imagery. ... " Therefore, Emily has not really dated and enjoyed the "Rose of Love", until her father dies, and Homer comes. ... In literal imagery, death is described directly by words meaning death, such as die, death, or dead. ... In "A Rose for Emily," William Faulkner uses many elements of language, especially symbolism, irony and imagery. ...

• Word Count: 1189
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School