A Rose For Emily
In "A Rose for Emily", Faulkner presents a very horrifying picture in this story, and he does this by playing with the chronology, using detailed imagery, symbolism, and foreshadowing to present a detailed setting. Faulkner uses the element of time to enhance details of the setting. By avoiding the chronological order of events of Miss Emily's life, Faulkner enhances the plot and presents two different view of time held by the characters. The first view (the world of the present) shows time as a "mechanical progression." The second view (the world of tradition and the past) shows the past as "diminishing road." The first perspective is that of Homer and the modern generation. The second is that of Emily, the older members of the Board of Aldermen, and of the confederate soldiers. Faulkner begins the story with Miss Emily's funeral, where the men see her as a "fallen monument" and the women are anxious to see the inside of her house. He gives us a picture of a woman who has "fallen", yet is as important and symbolic as a "monument." The details of Miss Emily's house relate to her and symbolize what she stands for. It is set on "what had once been the most select street." The narrator (
Faulkner "fast forwards" many years and the "newer generation became the backbone and the spirit of the town. " In this case, the watch is a symbol of time; yet in this house, time is invisible. " Once Homer Barron enters Miss Emily's house and her life, he is bound to her forever without escape. A smell develops in Miss Emily's house, which is another sign of decay and death. " However, he is a bachelor who does not want to settle down, and the town's people don't approve of him marrying Miss Emily because of his class. But with all the pressures from her father and the town's people, she became a very closed up and a rather frightening person. The picture of her father is just another symbol of immobility and her unwillingness to let go of the past. " Just as people dry roses to preserve their beauty, Miss Emily murders Homer Barron to preserve his love. Miss Emily is "a small, fat woman in black, with a gold chain descending to her waist and vanishing into her belt. On a tarnished gilt easel before the fireplace stood a crayon portrait of Miss Emily's father. When Emily murders Homer Barron, she puts him in "an embracing position" so that she can still feel his love every night.
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