A rose for emily
Before reading a literary work I tend to read the author's bio. Authors tend to include some of their personal life in the work. Hence, William Faulkner's piece, "A Rose for Emily, " seems to be centered around his hometown of Oxford, in Lafayette County, Mississippi. However, the setting is renamed Jefferson, in Yoknapatawpha County. The time period ranging from pre-Civil War days probable up to the time of his death, 1962. This is evident because Faulkner makes reference to the Civil War and the profound effect it had on southern society. To the point that the main character, Emily Grierson, is buried amongst "anonymous graves of Union and Confederate soldiers who fell at the battle of Jefferson." (622) When the story starts out I thought Miss Emily was African American. Then Faulkner mentions the "Old South" a
He would always be there for her, even in death. The fact that Emily is tax exempt is an example of the aristocratic authority she possesses over a community that she does not socialize with. The need of companionship was the basis of courting Homer Barron. Her refusal to accept the reality of his death is another example of Emily's fear loneliness. Emily's reluctance to give up the body of her father mirrors the death of Homer. Hence, wanting, needing and keeping a man became a major goal in her life. I feel it is significant that Homer Barron is described as a "Yankee" from the north that defeated the south in the Civil War. Faulkner reveals the details of Homer's death slowly as he allows the suspicion to grow before revealing the murder of the Homer Barron by Emily. Emily is described as a "fallen monument". After the death of her father, she was so stuck on keeping a man that she was reluctant about giving up the body. Her cousins had stayed with her for a short while, but this was not what Emily wanted or needed. He uses language to further create Emily's upper-class persona.
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