This background, together with a believable plot, convincing characterization, and important literary devices enable Flannery O'Connor in "Revelation" to develop the theme that sometimes people must look farther than the surface in order to understand the actions of others. To develop this theme, O'Connor creates a believable plot by using a social conflict, the element of surprise, and an unhappy ending. ... O'Connor's use of important literary devices such as symbolism and foreshadowing allow her to reinforce the theme. ... Symbolism and foreshadowing are two of the mos...

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• Grade Level: High School

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
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ... ("SparkNotes") Faulkner's master-theme is the inescapable need for man to find communal ties, which the individual's selfhood depends upon. ... This underlines one of the main themes, the inadequacy of language to demonstrate experience. ... Dewey Dell truly is a creator of earthly existence, serving as a literary figure of reality and facts. ... The themes that were relied on included: isolation of the characters within thei...

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• Grade Level: High School

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...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Before he began his literary career he held many diverse jobs ranging from being a river boat pilot and an occasional gold miner to working as a journeyman printer. ... Some critics emphasize the revenge theme pointing to the hypocritical and deterministic tone of the story. ... His adherence to American themes set him apart from many other novelists of his time and had a powerful effect on such later American writers. ... Numerous critics have admired the literary structure of, "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," for its economy and efficiency. Some other critics analyze, "The Man That Corru...

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• Grade Level: High School

The 1930 story "A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner is the story of a women who was traumatized by the way her father raised her and the effects of his overprotective and strict mentality. When Emily is able to love someone due to the death of her father. She is obsessed with her lover and refuses...

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• Grade Level: High School

to accomplish a host of literary objectives. ... 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? ... Nevertheless, it certainly enriches the literary experience. ...

• Word Count: 1291
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The deterioration of the Southern plantation society, the feelings of rage at a lost culture (and innocence) and the predator (master) and prey (slave) mentality which still existed in the South were common threads woven throughout the tapestry of Faulkner's writings, and these themes are especially evident in the short stories, "A Rose For Miss Emily," "Barn Burning." ... The insight of this young boy reflects what literary scholar Oliver Billingslea refers to as "moral vision" (303). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

, 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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"In his works William Faulkner used the American South as a microcosm for the universal theme of time" (Larinde). ... Many of his stories' central themes seem to be based on themes that the South has struggled with for decades. ... "William Faulkner's literary legacy." 21 Sept. 1997. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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'. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although both provide entertaining examples of Faulkner's work in very similar settings, on the scale of literary value, "Spotted Horses" rises above "Mule in the Yard" in depth and insight. ... Despite their common theme of animal chase, setting, and character, a more powerful story is found within "Spotted Horses". ...

• Word Count: 1265
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School