For Emily

“Because I could not stop for death” by Emily Dickinson, displays poetic excellence because, it is not didactic, it contains no sentiment, and uses figurative language excellently. The theme of the poem is, when people die, they go into a new life of eternity and have a new beginning. The poem is about a woman who nears death and sees death as something pleasant because her life has become sorrow, which is symbolized with the broken down house. Death is personified as a gentleman caller to show…

symbol is presented. The metaphor that first stanza is crucial in that the speaker now believes herself to be a lethal weapon. Dickinson is not like a loaded gun but the actual gun itself. In an excerpt from Rich’s book Vesuvius at Home: The Power of Emily Dickinson the split between being an object and an active, willing human person is made evident. The struggle between the two conflicting ideas of femininity and masculinity are mirrored by the split. The gun presents the speaker as the…

Emily Webb is one of the main and most important characters in the book ¨Our Town.¨ Emily Webb is a round character because of the extremely realistic characteristics she has also because she develops a lot throughout the whole book. Some of Emily Webbs main traits as the main character in ¨Our Town¨ is that she is a extremely nice girl that is never mean to anyone and it's almost like Emily has the perfect life and and is in the best position she could begin in life wise in the book. As she…

Another poem that everyone naturally seems to translate as about a woman is Emily Dickinson’s “My Life had stood…a Loaded Gun.” Quite honestly, this analysis seems to be completely based upon the fact that it was written by a woman. However, Emily Dickinson was a bit of a recluse and her poetry was not discovered till after her death. “Giving rise to much ambiguity, both homosexual and heterosexual elements pervade her work. In numerous poems, it is impossible to determine the genders and…

the death of Emily Grierson, the town’s “fallen monument”. Emily was a symbol of the town’s old southern heritage. As the town progressed forward, Emily Grierson and her, “eyesores among eyesores” of a house kept the town from truly advancing as a post-civil war society. Even as the newer generation came into authority, Emily refused to acknowledge them. This tale is portrayed from the perspective of the disgruntled towns folk as they gather and reminisce about the mystery that is Emily…

story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, the narrator discusses the life of a woman that grows old and lonely in complete isolation due to her tragic life. Miss Emily’s father later on passes away and that takes a complete toll on her life. Her home has turned into the most repulsive looking home on one of the busiest streets in the city. Beforehand exquisite and white with looked over galleries it was presently infringed with dust and rot. The townspeople talk about Miss Emily constantly…

Emily Dickinson, who had written many poems in her days. She is one of the authors who understand the definition of darkness. Her poems are mainly about the corner of darkness and how people should get used to the darkness over time. People who had eyesight took advantage of the gift of vision while others are incapable to even encounter it. There are many actions that people who had eyesight didn’t know what life's really current. Her poems can make you misinterpret the true meaning. Her poems…

Emily Dickinson’s “The Drop,” can be interpreted multiple ways, one being the literal sense and another in a metaphorical sense. Word for word, the poem directly indicates a droplet of water getting lost in the massive waves of a sea. However, the subtext of the poem correlates back to the major theme of self and the global society. “The Drop” cannot be viewed one sidedly, rather from all possible aspects; we must “flesh out” to discover the deeper meaning, or the author’s intended purpose of…

and its onset is at the very beginning. The narrator mentions the death of Emily and the description given is of the life that she is compelled to lead but with the possibility of dying tormenting her all the time. Notably, this theme is one of the most prevalent in the story besides change versus tradition. Thus, the essence of this essay is to give a critical analysis of the theme of death in A Rose for Emily. Miss Emily Grierson is an aristocrat in the American South and the subject of the…

the two together. For example, “A Rose for Emily” which is about a woman named Emily, who is psychologically scarred by her father which affects her later on in life. His next story, “Dry September” is about how a misunderstood rumor can turn violent and leave both victims physically and mentally shattered. “That Evening Sun” is about a slave named Nancy in which her marital problems lead her to be psychologically unstable and ultimately murdered.…