A Rose for Emily
In many stories, each character has his or her own trait. In some cases, a character can have multiple traits. When a character possesses multiple traits, he or she becomes a complex character. In the short story "A Rose for Emily", the main character Emily Grierson is a complex character because she is possessive, sheltered, and insane. First of all, Emily is possessive of her father and Homer Barron. In the story, the narrator says that when Emily's father dies, she tells visitors, ministers, and doctors for three days that he is not dead and keeps the body (p.133). I believe this makes her possessive of her father because she did not want to let him go. Also, the narrator says that Homer had stated that he was not a marrying man (p. 134) and found in her house when Emily died is a man's fleshless body (p. 136). I believe that the body is Homer's. I also believe that this makes her possessive of Homer because she wanted to marry him, and if he wo
In another light, Emily is sheltered when it comes to her father. When Homer Barron first came to town, the townspeople said they were glad that Miss Emily would have an interest, because a Grierson would not think seriously of a Northerner, a day laborer, and not even grief could cause a real lady to forget noblesse oblige, or, feminine nobility (p. Then, the next generation takes over, and they try to get her to pay taxes again (p. No sane person would keep a body in their house while denying the person's death. He drove away all the young men when she was young, so she had to cling to him (p. Another example would be the "man's" body that is found in her house after her death (p. To me, the fact that she bought poison, and she apparently slept or laid beside the body makes her insane. Also, I believe she murdered him because she buys arsenic, but will not tell the druggist what is was for (p 134). She is possessive of her father and of Homer because she can not let them go. In conclusion, I believe that Emily Grierson is a complex character because of her multiple traits. So once again, Emily Grierson is a complex character.
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