A Rose For Emily Experience

In the short story A Rose for Emily written by William Faulkner, readers are immersed in the narrative of a supposed town member who describes the impact that the recent death of an old woman has had upon their small community. In the narrative, readers are taken on a journey through the life of Miss Emily, an old, lonely woman who is seemingly frozen in her own timeframe. As the story unfolds, readers learn about the various tragedies Emily encountered in her lifetime such as the sudden death of her controlling father as well as her alienation from other family members that leaves her utterly alone following his death. Audiences also learn about events that happened throughout Emily’s life that both molded her as a person and aided in shaping her reputation around the town. From her controversial relationship with a construction worker named Homer Barron to her suspicious purchase of arsenic at the local drug store, there is no question that Emily lived under the constant scrutiny of her fellow townspeople. After reading the initial sentences, it can be concurred that this story doesn’t simply describe the life of an old, questionably insane woman, but also the story of the age-old battle between old and new. Through symbolism and an artful arrangement of the events described, Faulkner is able to meticulously weave a tale of the clash between newer and older generations’ views and standards.

Love can make people do crazy things, especially if it is not returned. In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” he introduces a character named Emily Grierson. Emily was a big component to the city which made the townspeople treat her like a celebrity.She was known to be a “monument” (part I: paragraph I) to the town because her father was a well-respected man. Her father was noted to control her life making it where she could not be with anyone. After his death, she had to become acclimated with the change in her life which actually never happened. Emily falls in love with a man, only for his love to not be returned which caused her to do something unbearable.Emily’s restriction from a loving relationship from a male, other than her

In William Faulkner’s short story entitled “A Rose For Emily” the main character Emily’s insanity was not always present throughout the story as much as she rather snapped when all of the stresses and pressures in her life grew to be too much. She dealt with the tragedy of her father passing with great grief, even going to the extent that she refused to believe he was dead for three whole days. Emily was raised by her father and they had a close relationship so it was understandable that she was distraught at his passing, but their relationship was not necessarily healthy.

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner is a suspenseful story not only because of its complex chronology and shocking ending, but also because of Faulkner’s unusual use of narrative technique. While the narrator is seen by many as a windows pane or mirror upon Emily’s life, there is more to the narrator than simply being an unnamed speaker or collective town voice. The rather unusual narrative perspective creates suspense and a sense of mystery as to the identity of the unnamed narrator, seemingly representing a collective town voice; furthermore, the narrative perspective significantly influences the characterisation of Emily. In this paper, I am going to deal with the following questions: Who is the narrator? What is his relation to Emily?

The changes in life are inevitable and it is senseless to attempt to avoid these changes. Avoiding changes can be just as disadvantageous possibly even worse than complying with the changes happening in this world. In “A Rose for Emily” William Faulkner illuminates Emily’s inability and unwillingness to change through character development throughout the story, he does this by developing not only Emily’s character but also the supporting characters in a way that enables Emily to stay the way she is. In this short story it seems that everyone is fascinated by the life of Emily and it appears as though nobody really knows her

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner is the best short story because its plot, symbols, and settings are well articulated and integrated into the story to effectively portray the themes of death and change, race and gender. A Rose for Emily is a short story concerning the life of Emily Grierson as told through the views of the townspeople in an old Southern town. The short story opens with the awkward relationship between Emily and her dad, before and after his death, and further explores how Emily gets secluded after poisoning her partner Homer Barron and storing his remains for more than a decade in her bed. William Faulkner exploits various literary devices to create a variety of themes. However, this is primarily focused on the way Emily

     Throughout this story, the overbearing presence of Emily Grierson’s father is perhaps the greatest influence on her behavior. The story describes how Miss Emily’s father rejected her suitors by standing in front of her and aggressively clutching a horsewhip whenever the young men came to call. Without her fathers influence and overprotective behavior it is likely that Emily would have made one of her suitors her husband when she was still of suitable marrying age for that time period.

Although change is inevitable, people tend to keep the past within them; even when their surroundings are progressing. Through his unchronological way of writing, William Faulkner exhibits a woman, in “A Rose for Emily” who lives in a timeless world of her own. Up until her death, suffering from a broken heart, Miss Emily Grierson resists change in an imperious manner. When her father dies she is not able to comprehend what is happening; despite her fellow townspeople’s pleas Miss Emily holds onto her father’s body for three days, “[telling the townspeople] that her father [is] not dead” (II.14). This event triggers her heart break; her father had domineered over her, therefore his death leaves her grasping on to whatever she can of the past.

For the duration of the story, miss Emily can’t come to the realization that all of the people who have ever loved her is gone. This includes her father and her husband that she kills. We know this by her refusal to acknowledge her father’s death by not having his body removed for about three days. This shows how she has trouble accepting the fact that she is alone. We see this issue again involving her and her husband.

In William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily”, the use of a townsperson to narrate the story allows for the readers to see the interactions between the townspeople and Emily, and their effects on the events of her life. Emily Grierson was born into an honorable name, and no one allowed her to forget her obligations. The townspeople play a major role in determining the outcome of Miss Emily’s life, and we see this become a reoccurring theme throughout the story. The citizens concern themselves with the death of her father, her love life, and her distant relatives- all in an effort to make her behave as they believe a proper Grierson should. We find that their methods lead Emily down a destructive path while she is searching for approval.

The purpose of this essay is to describe and reflect on the vast array of emotions revealed by the tone in the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner. The obvious tones used in “A Rose for Emily” is a sense of fear, curiosity, gloom and terror along with the more subtle irony, guilt, and complicity and resistance to change.

Strong emotions, such as love, are embedded into the human psyche. Moreover, these intense feelings dictate the actions one takes. Both William Faulkner and Andre Dubus utilize this theme in their works. Driven by hope, Matt from “Killings” by Dubus and Emily from “A Rose for Emily” by Faulkner ultimately end up murdering out of love. Similarly, each stories’ layout is story order, setting, and the character’s rationale (EA pink). The authors tug at the reader’s own reasoning’s in order to grant empathy towards their fictional characters.

Many people face death in their families where letting go and changing to a different person can be shifter for the others around you. In the short story, “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner the main character Emily Grierson who lives in Jefferson is a wealthy girl who is also in denial and possessive after her father’s death.

Faulkner started to describe Emily as a poor lonely woman that had no one to take care of her. This was due to the reason that her father had died. This set the mood of the story and it made the reader have a certain image of Emily. Emily did not respond to any pity from the community. Her set of mind, as far as I believe, was not caring about what the other people thought. She was still in grief for her father’s death. Furthermore, as the story progressed Faulkner started to give glimpses of who Emily really was. The real Emily was starting to show when Emily said “I want some poison. I want the best kind. I don’t care what kind” (Faulkner 82). What Faulkner gave the other side of Emily on this page, it gave the story a twist because it happened randomly. He told us what she was buying, but he did not tell us what she was going to use it. Furthermore he was trying to show that there is a dark side to every person. The response that was caught from this was suspicious in a way that no one seemed to mind what she was really going to use the poison for. Not even when Homer, her crush, had disappeared.

Emily’s father did not find any guy worthy of his daughter: “…all the young men her father had driven away…” and it’s the same for Eveline the guy she has feelings for, her father forbid her to see him. Both women are lonely and miserable, always looking through the windows, hiding from the world. They both thought that they would find love, but Eveline left Frank at the deck, compelled to remain with her abusive father and rejects the possibility of love and escape through elopement. On the other hand, Emily remains in her family home, killing the only man that she loved so he would not leave her. She stays isolated until her death reveals the depth and twisted passion of her