A Critical Essay About William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily'
William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" was originally published in Forum. It is first short story published in a major magazine. The narrator is unnamed and tells the story in first person plural. This person may possibly be a neighbor or gossiping townsperson, but somehow seems to know what goes on throughout Emily's life. Critic Michael L. Burduck suggest that Faulkner's narrator is a woman because she seems to be concerned with every detail of Emily's life. I believe this is true he also states that the narrator sees to it that Emily's story is not to be forgotten. The main character is Emily Grierson, referred to as Miss Emily throughout the story. This story has many flashbacks and is told in five sections. The story starts with the death of Miss Emily and people going to her funeral. The narrator lets us know that the men where there out of respect and the women showed up to her house out of curiosity. The house is described, as once being white and decorated, " set on what had once been our most select street. "(2) Knowing this we can assume that Emily's origins are of upper-class status, which later leads to issues with her and her father. They soon flashback to when Emily was alive to the old mayor, Colonel Sartoris. H
They enter the upstairs room and find the corpse of Homer Barron, in the bed; they notice a long strand of iron-gray hair on the pillow next to his remains. 348 Reproduced in Literature Resource Center. The narrator then returns to Emily's funeral. Despite the town's criticism, Emily still held her head up high. Emily had bought a toilet set in silver letters H. My interpretation of this story hardly changed throughout this process. The most significant part of her life is when her father dies. The !next sign of this problem of denying death is when the aldermen come to collect taxes. The story then flashes back to thirty years before the unsuccessful tax collection and two years after Emily's father's death. Emily is established as a strange character from the time the aldermen visit. Here we see evidence of some kind of psychological problems with Emily. Then comes the purchase of the arsenic from the druggist. The story then flashes forward t!o the next generation of mayors and aldermen.
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