A Rose for Emily
In the story "A Rose for Emily," the symbolism shows more about the character than is detailed by the author, William Faulkner. Symbolism helps to indicate several things in the story. A few things are how Ms. Emily was once innocent but later changes, how her hair and some other items helped to show her resistance to change, how the room where Homer died shows that she loved Homer and her desire to stop change, how Homer's name and actions suggest that he is a homosexual, and how she could not get away from her father's control even after his death. Symbolism plays a huge role in William Faulkner's decision to side with the North or South in "A Rose for Emily". First, Ms. Emily used to white wear dresses, which symbolize innocence and purity, but she begins wearing black clothes, much like a widow's or mourner's style of dress after Homer presumably disappears. Emily's change in appearance shows that she has become soiled in some sense. She was sad about him leaving and let everybody around her know it. Another example of Emily's change is also exhibited in how the house begins to degenerate. At one time the house was white and emaculate, but Emily allows it to become decrepit and dirty. It be
Give her a certain time to do it in, and if she don't. As stated earlier when her father died she refused to bury him saying he was not dead. Next is the use of color to symbolize her love for Homer Barron and her desire to keep things the same. Anyone could argue that in one way or the other. She liked having a man in her life, especially because of the number one man in her life (her father) dying. Homer might actually have been a homosexual. The whip symbolizes his strictness and desire for Emily to be a perfect little girl. If she had just wanted him dead and not to be with him she probably would have had her servant dispose of the body. This symbolizes her belief that she is finally free of her father's control over her, because she probably would not get that style of hair cut had her father been there to influence her. Another thing said was that a Yankee such as him and a Southerner is a disgrace and a bad example to younger ones around the town. She must have cared for him because she took the time to undress him, put him in his night shirt, and lay him on the bed.
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