《献给艾米丽的玫瑰花》及《一桶白葡萄酒》文学评论

In the end the “Rose” for Emily is just as absent from the story as Emily herself. Emily is portrayed in flickers between the town folk’s skewed options about her, about her house, about her life style and about her choice in bed room arrangements. The lady Emily reveals two things about herself though out the story, she doesn’t like to pay taxes, and she is willing to kill and keep a corpse around. Creating an option based upon what Emily reveals about herself, it’s safe to say Emily was never a lady, and never thought of herself as a lady.

Reference

Brooks, Cleanth and Roert Penn Warren. Understanding Fiction, 2nd ed. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc, 1959:351

Roberts, Diane. Faulkner and Southern womanhood, Athens and London: The University of Georgia Press, 1994:158

Olga W. Vicky. The Novels of William Faulkner: A Critical Appraisal [M]. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964

Review of the Cask of Amontillado

The Cask of Amontillado is a daring story by the ever-famous Edgar Allen Poe that shows the pain of hate and desire for revenge. Remember always though to not forget the Golden Rule and that prideful reaping will only bring about to you a large and painful fall. Many people have wanted to gain revenge but for a man to say that he is to conduct his action of revenge with full intention of making justice in one’s own mind is an accusation of pure madness. But what could one possibly do to receive such hate from another? The question is a mystery but you can’t tell me you aren’t interested about Poe’s story so please sit back and let me tell you about why it is so good. Poe makes his point clear in the Cask of Amontillado by his amazing use of literary elements such as plot, setting, and foreshadowing.

Poe uses one the very planning parts of a story to tell his tail in an amazing way through the literary element of plot. Stories can have very strong, light, and any combination of types of plots. The Cask of Amontillado has a strong plot. The Story lines up in the plot perfectly. There is an explanation of why the character is wanting to get revenge fills strongly to act upon the other character. Montresor the narrator is seeking revenge after Fortunato who is the other large character in the story. His introduction starts saying,

“The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.” The intention of your main character is clearly stated although reason is not; you have no doubt from the vocabulary that he is greatly offended. Then actions that follow bring about ability to carry out, but can he struggle past himself in morality, and can he struggle against his adversary to achieve his objectives? Poe uses the knowledge he possesses to carry his idea to the max and then fall into the next part of the story giving succession and strong plot to follow. He doesn’t introduce you with a setting but in the actions and the climax he uses foreshadowing and setting to assist the conducting of his plot properly.

With the use of his plot he also teaches you the theme of the story, that you ultimately reap what you sow. For a story to really teach a life lesson in the theme of the story the author has to stay focused on his message and the idea while he is carrying out the actual actions of the story. It takes the entire story working together for it to be a success, and to me a successful story cannot be written unless you have to pay attention to every aspect to fully understand it. The characters are realistic and there is a proven sense of seriousness throughout the story and Poe’s extensive understanding of plot and use of it proves all of this. If you are to see the revenge in a story you have to have a serious