Both authors use narrative perspective, setting, and situational irony to illustrate the theme of isolation in the literature. ... The use of setting in both works is used to further demonstrate the theme of isolation. ... In both literary works, the authors use setting to demonstrate the social separations and alienation of the characters from their communities. Situational irony is another literary device used to convey the theme of isolation in both of the literary works. ... William Faulkner and Edwin Arlington Robinson use a first person pleural narrator, setting, and situational iro...

• Word Count: 1022
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She has created a style of writing that exists on both literary and religious grounds, and excels in doing justice to both. ... Her written thoughts on the subject disclose that she had devised a complete literary philosophy committed to blending the two into a distinctly fused energy to "prove the truth of the Faith." ... As for the excessive application of violence in her work, O'Connor's literary viewpoint permitted its use in assisting the portrayal of a greater image of sacred realism. ... Out of all themes of Flannery O"Connor's writing, conceivably the most enthralling...

• Word Count: 1784
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Overall, one of the major themes, death, is emphasized in this story clearly to relate it to the death of tradition. ... The next major theme the author addresses is the ignorance of 'tradition'. ...

• Word Count: 1189
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate