Rose for Emily
The merrily tune of despair and lonelinessIn William Faulker's, "A Rose for Emily" Emily's father robbed her of many life's necessities which led her to become isolated, lonely and mentally ill. When Emily's father died, her world began to deteriorate as well as her will to rationalize. When Emily became a woman her father sought out to look for the ideal husband but, "none of the young men were quite good for Miss Emily" (244). When Miss Emily turned thirty and was still without husband the townspeople were not pleased. Emily's father "spraddled silhouette in the foreground [with] his back to her and clutching [his] horsewhip," serves his purpose of scaring possible suitors away (244). His turned back suggests a disregard for her emotional welfare as he wards off potential danger or violation of her maidenhood with his horsewhip. "The Griersons held themselves a little too high for that they really were," which caused Emily unhappiness (244).
It is the parts of your mind that remains hidden through symbols; it makes up your desires. Emily's sickness lasted until she met Homer Barron; at last she thought she might have the love and devotion she yearned for. The townspeople observe her nightly as, "motionless as that of an idol," sitting by the window (244). Therefore Miss Emily cannot rationalize her later actions of murdering Homer Barron. She lost all personal contact and became depressed. She bought," Arsenic," to kill Homer Barron to keep him from a straying from her side (245). She," looked bloated, like a lady long submerged in motionless water and of that pallid hue. Miss Emily's mind became distorted and thought that by killing Homer Barron she would keep him by her side and would solve her dilemma of being alone, but the murder of Barron did not bring her the love and devotion she craved for. Miss Emily has become mute and disturbingly motionless and still. This information and the towns whispering that he might trail off to another brought back all Miss Emily's troubled thoughts before she met Barron. She is sick acting on subconscious motives, which are motives that are not readily seen by the eye. When her father died," she was sick for a long time" (244). The loss of her male suitors and of her father was enough for Emily to adopt psychological symptoms that were not biologically present. When she talks to the Board of Alderman her voice becomes very," dry and cold" (243).
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