In William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," we are shown a glimpse of this transition in a town called Jefferson and through the character of Miss Emily Grierson, a survivor of the Old South who serves as an emblem of the traditions and ways of life in the past while representing it's evil and romanticizing it in the post Civil War era. ... Closely connected, former mayor of Jefferson, Colonel Sartoris, represents the gentleness of the Old South in his relationship with Miss Emily during the pre-Civil War era. ... This is an clear example of the evil that Miss Emily holds on to fro...

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Christians believe that Christ was crucified by evil in order to bear the heavy burdens of the world. ... Captain Auld, even after his "conversion," remains a figure of evil, contradictory to God's innocence and goodness, represented by Henny. ...

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They represent a natural black woman instead of a commercialized black woman who has been brainwashed by European ideology that claims that black hair must be straightened, or black skin must be lightened in order to be heard. ... In the lips of some, it meant the expectation of a speedy summons to a world of spirits; but, in the lips of our company, it simply meant, a speedy pilgrimage toward a Free State, and deliverance from all the evils and dangers of slavery (Douglas 184). ...

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Alvin York was born in Pall Mall Tennessee on December 13, 1887, the third of 11 children born to William and Mary York. His Grandfather, Uriah York, was an Army Veteran of the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. The York family scraped out a living on their modest farm and supplemented their ta...

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Introduction The American Civi War was inevitable. Though efforts had been made by those from the northern states to stop it, the majority of southerners were adamant that war was a necessary means to an end. Though northerners didn't want to go to war, they couldn't do anything but retaliate after ...

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Phillis Wheatley was the first African American poet published in the United States. The subject matter in the majority of her poems reflected her religious views and her new life in revolutionary New England. She believed that through finding God in one's life, salvation and mercy would follow. She was constantly overcoming stepping-stones to prove her literary talents and ability. Phillis Wheatley's perseverance and strong character, allowed her to find God in her own life and seek salvation. ...

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