William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" is a story that addresses the symbolic changes in the South after the civil war. Miss Emily's house symbolizes neglect and poverty of the new times in the town of Jefferson. The rampant symbolism and Faulkner's descriptions of the decaying ho...

In the poem "Waiting for Icarus" by Muriel Rukeyser, a woman tells the story of her relationship with a man. She loved him and trusted him but discovers that he betrayed her. The setting of the poem is on a beach where this woman has been waiting all day for this man to arrive. While s...

It's crazy: crazy that the girl you once played mini-golf with in middle school could one day be your wife. It's stupid: stupid that it's possible your son could be in love with your seventeen year-old babysitter who is head-over-heels for you, the dad. That, argues this movie, is love. Dan Fogelm...