Theme Descriptions of As I Lay Dying William Faulkner portrays all of his themes in the actual human drama of the South, where William Faulkner grew up. ... He also must accept his involvement of risks in correspondence with his fellows. ... Two colors also connected with Jewel; the colors red and green. ... This is all interwoven inside Vardaman's head, with all the conscious and unconscious aspects blended with the realms of life, death, time, and space. ... ("ClassicNotes") William Faulkner used all of these elements to create this novel through the eyes of his southern view, all bas...

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It was an endless theme for many American writers at the time. William Faulkner was considered to be one of the greatest writers in the twentieth century that associated with this theme. ... Just like Miss Emily, Dickinson isolated herself from the society and mourned her love in a room. ... They view her as " an idol in a niche passed from generation to generation "dear, inescapable, imperious, tranquil, and perverse- (Faulkner 97/ P52). ... Widely known, decline of the Old South after the Civil War was one of the major themes associated with Faulkner's fictions. ...

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These two stories encompass the elements of plot, character, setting and point of view among others. Although the elements of the central theme of murder are different, these stories share other elements that make these stories unique. ... This comparison sets the scene for the reader to view and imagine how the new and old collide in the south. ... In fact, she sleeps with Homer's dead body in a room decorated as a bridal suite. (458) In both stories, it seems that the protagonist is not concerned if their victim should learn a lesson because their main focus is revenge for revenge&#x...

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However, there is a theme to this story. ... Another reason William Faulkner chose this point of view is that it is a limited point of view. ... The point of view keeps readers in a questionable matter of suspense. ... Miss Emily was always wearing black clothing, giving a morbid theme. ... The reason I say this is due to the fact, that she killed Homer and kept him in a locked room, and lie in bed with him. ...

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, uses all of his customary themes and literary devices in his telling of the story. ... Faulkner uses this new way of narration along with a theme of memory to illustrate how history especially that of his beloved south can be misleading, depending on who it is told from. ... Compson's purpose as narrator is to give the reader another view of the story that was already told, or in a sense to give the reader another historical look at the same event. ... Compson gives the reader another view of this man, so as to question what one is being told. ... Quentin goes off to Harvard and is r...

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The reader becomes a member of society understanding the views of the other town's people. ... The flashback begins with the exposition. ... After she was buried a few of the town's people went up to the room that they knew no one had been in for forty years. ... The color rose found at the end of the story in the room where Homer was found represented love. ... Throughout William Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily- time and isolation are the continuous themes. ...

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First, he establishes the point of view in the form of a first-person narrator. ... Although many of the obvious questions are immediately answered by the narrator, this allows Faulkner to quickly give the main character an interesting persona, while leaving room to develop those attributes. ... The house is imparted with a sense of pride. ... We could spend countless hours mining the depths of this story for a theme and other examples of symbolism and imagery, butA Rose for Emily? ... he leaves the reader with a natural desire todig deeper.? ...

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