A Rose For Emily
"The man himself lay in the bed" "A Rose for Emily" By William Faulkner Reading this atypical piece of work entitled "A Rose for Emily", written by William Faulkner encourages a sense of thrill and stimulation within. Since Mr. Faulkner resided in Mississippi most of his writings reflect his home state, as does "A Rose for Emily". The first person minor point of view is being told by the townspeople. The main character, Miss Emily, in this short gothic story that took place during the early 1900 hundreds demonstrated a conflict she was having with herself. I think that it is well known that our parents are the backbone to each person's existence. Knowing this, William Faulkner managed to include through the events in the plot an underlining message mixed with a little flowered mockery. Although, Ms. Emily committed murder, she was a victim of her learned environment because of her father and the citizens of Jefferson. This story revolved around one town and one main character. The beginning of this woman's well to do life in a poor southern state consisted only of herself and her domineering father living in the same house until the calling of God summoned her elsewhere. Miss Emily managed to make it to age t
She carried the haunting presence of father with her, and had always maintained a love/hate attitude regarding her father and the sheltering life style he provided for her. In the end Emily poisons her lover to keep him from leaving her. The death of her father constructed a mental milestone in her life in which she would continue to build upon in an unhealthy manner. The purpose of the story is that life is unpredictable and we are all products of our environment. In this day an age, Emily would have been diagnosed with mental disorder, which would have required her to contend with her separation anxiety behavior that stemmed from the nucleus of her family, primarily her father. The climax continued to climb starting "when the smell developed"(470) to Emily purchasing the arsenic and finally the very end when the realization was put forth by "a long strand of iron-gray hair"(475) implying that she really killed Homer. This single rose happens to be Homer and Emily dries him out and keeps him. If the setting for this story would have been present day 2000, it would have upset and infuriated some readers for the fact that a crime was committed and no one were prosecuted. Some of us choose not to let an unfortunate way of life rule us, Miss Emily on the other hand did not have self-esteem, self-worth and confidence to persuade her otherwise. By over-protecting Emily and "clutching a horsewhip"(471) to control her life, caused her to become hermit-like in the town she grew up in and knew very well. The town's people assumed that "none of the young men were quite good enough for Ms. Emily must have known that the end of her relationship with Homer was drawing near, other wise she would not have already had the arsenic on hand. Emily came upon and involved herself with a second male figure that turned out to be her lover.
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