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    As conclusion, with able narrative and noteworthy images, both "A Rose for Emily" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" convey great horror to readers. William Faulkner creates gossip of townspeople to exhibit the story in non-chronological request. Edgar Allan Poe portrays the crazy murderer's admission with flashback to make the story resemble a real occasion. Despite the fact that one story's viewpoint is singular and the other is plural, and the arrangements of time are peaceful extraordinary, both of the

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    Insanity Gothic literature can be composed of several various themes depending on the intent of the writers. William Faulkner, Edgar Allen Poe, and Richard Matheson are some of the most well-known gothic literature authors who have perfected the ability to combine fiction and horror through the use of certain gothic elements. Through their many works, such as “A Rose for Emily”, “Prey”, and “The Black Cat”, the authors incorporate the themes of violence and entrapment- metaphorically and literally

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    Introduction The presentation of both A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman unearths certain striking similarities and noticeable differences. While the similarities and differences are wide ranging, the scope of this paper only allows limited coverage that focusses on the treatment of the woman and narration. Notably, the similarities and differences help to highlight the plight of women in increasingly patriarchal communities. Similarities between

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    Faulkner’s, “A Rose for Emily,” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” are two short stories that incorporate multiple similarities and differences. Both stories main characters are females who are isolated from the world by male figures and are eventually driven to insanity. In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the unidentified narrator moves to a secluded area with her husband and sister-in-law in hopes to overcome her illness. In “A Rose for Emily,” Emily’s father keeps Emily sheltered from

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    The protagonists in both “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman experience struggles within their society throughout their respective stories. Although the stories are very different, the struggles for each protagonist stem from the perception and expectations of women in society during the time each story was written. The protagonist in “The Yellow Wallpaper” struggles throughout the story due to her controlling husband and a woman’s

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    The stories, “A Rose for Emily” and “The Yellow Wallpaper,” both display how external dominance, isolation, and judgment from the outside world may cause one to lose their right mind. In both stories, the main characters begin to sink into further isolation from the outside world, leaving reality in the past. The point of view of each story is told from a firsthand account of the events that occur. In “A Rose for Emily,” the story is told from an outsider’s point of view, someone who has watched

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    Emily Grierson Isolation

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    William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” is a complicated and controversial tale that, since its publication in 1930, challenges social norms. The story is about the unfortunate life of an aristocratic woman, Miss Emily Grierson, whose decrepit demeanor and eccentric behavior make her the town’s subject of scrutiny. After a series of odd events, Miss Emily dies and, upon her death, the townspeople discover that her seclusion led her to harness the heinous powers of arsenic to murder Homer Barron, the

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    A Rose for Emily and The Yellow Wallpaper

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    The stories, “A Rose for Emily” and “The Yellow Wallpaper,” both display how external dominance, isolation, and judgment from the outside world may cause one to lose their right mind. In both stories, the main characters begin to sink into further isolation from the outside world, leaving reality in the past. The point of view of each story is told from a firsthand account of the events that occur. In “A Rose for Emily,” the story is told from an outsider’s point of view, someone who has watched

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    Emily Grierson Patriarchy

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    in the short stories “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “The Yellowpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Both women, the main character Emily Grierson from Faulkner’s story and the narrator from Gilman’s story, though they have different circumstances, are similar in a unique way as they are both held back by the male figures in their households within the patriarchal society, and as a result, they lose touch within each of their societies and are forced to insanity. Feminists have described

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    Short Story Comparison

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    Scales 1! Katrina Scales David Miles ENC-1102 16 July 2015 A Yellow Rose It is likely that after reading short stories The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, any sensible reader will feel disturbed in at least the slightest. Both texts contain neurotic women of unsound mind who have deathly obsessions. At first glance, these stories do not seem to have much in common; they have been written through opposite perspectives, one neglects to be chronological

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