A Rose for Emily: Characterization
Characterization refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop characters. In the story A Rose for Emily William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily. He expresses the content of her character through physical description, through her actions, words, and feelings, through a narrator's direct comments about the character's nature, and through the actions, words, and feelings, of other characters. Faulkner best uses characterization to examine the theme of the story, too much pride can end in homicidal madness. Miss Emily, the main character of this story, lives for many years as a recluse, someone
She knew her intentions when she bought the arsenic poison. Faulkner uses the feelings of other characters to show Miss Emily's pride. Her deepest feelings and hidden longings were lying in the bed. Miss Emily's pride resulted in the shocking murder of Homer Baron. Though her father was responsible for her becoming a recluse, her pride also contributed to her seclusion. "Then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation of a head" (400). "None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such" (395). who has withdrawn from a community to live in seclusion. If he had not refuse the men who wanted to go out with Miss Emily, she may have not gone crazy. Faulkner's use of characterization to describe Miss Emily and her intentions was triumphant in bring the story to life. Faulkner characterizes Miss Emily's attempt to remove herself from society through her actions. "We remembered all the young men her father had driven away. Miss Emily's story constitutes a warning against the sin of pride: heroic isolation pushed too far ends in homicidal madness.
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