Influence Of Relationships In William Faulkner's A Rose For Emily

In the short story “A Rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner, Faulkner writes a short story about a woman Emily Grierson. Emily lived in the town for many generations, that is where she met the love of her life Homer Barron. The towns folks would see them every Sunday rolling through the streets in her buggy. After the town figured Homer left her, since they no longer seen him; Emily became ill and passed away. The town gathered to go take a look at her house to show respect. When they went from room to room they stopped in one room and couldn’t believe what they had just laid their eyes on. Homer was in the bed, dead, with just his corpse. Next to Homers corpse laid a strand of gray hair. Everyone knew the hair had belonged to Emily! She laid with him while his body disintegrated. Was miss Emily mental/disturbed? Was she desperate to be married? Did she have a problem letting people go? I believe all of these emotions made Emily who she was and made her do what she did.

“Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town” (Faulkner 1). Emily, a member of the town’s elite class, relied upon her father when growing up and after his death, she refused to pay her taxes, stating that her father contributed much to society. But it was evident that she didn’t pay them because of a lack of maturity - financially and socially. When she was younger she pushes herself onto Homer Barron, a Northerner with no interest in marriage. Throughout the story, Emily is conflicted over societal change, and clings to her privileged manner even after finding herself in poverty. Yet, she becomes involved with a man from a lower social class, and a Northerner as well - hinting that he has different beliefs and values. The townspeople, however, believe the relationship it too modern when there is a possibility they are having physical relations despite not being serious about marriage. The community’s inability to commit to progress, contribute to the confused Emily’s decision. In A Rose for Emily, Faulkner uses the symbolism of Emily’s house and her hair to demonstrate her emotional instability and physical deterioration, illustrating the outcome of his story.

William Faulkner has done a wonderful work in his essay “A Rose for Emily.” Faulkner uses symbols, settings, character development, and other literary devices to express the life of Emily and the behavior of the people of Jefferson town towards her. By reading the essay, the audience cannot really figure out who the narrator is. It seems like the narrator can be the town’s collective voice. The fact that the narrator uses collective pronoun we supports the theory that the narrator is describing the life of “Miss Emily” on behalf of the townspeople. Faulkner has used the flashback device in his essay to make it more interesting. The story begins with the portrayal of Emily’s funeral and it moves to her past and at the end the readers realize that the funeral is a flashback as well. The story starts with the death of Miss Emily when he was seventy-four years old and it takes us back when she is a young and attractive girl.

The story “A Rose for Emily” has many relations to the themes: loneliness, social status, gossip, and loyalty. In the story the theme loneliness is presented by the death of her father and the desertion of her sweetheart. Also, Emily wasn’t close to any of her relatives from other places. Because of her family wealth, she had a high social status. Due to her father’s death, her social status went down, along with being in relations with a laborer who is gay. In addition, gossip was a big factor that brought her social status down. It seems to me like the whole story revolved around gossip. Whether she was out of the house or stayed in, gossip arose. When the people would say “Poor Emily” gossip would form about something. For instance, when

In the story “ A Rose for Emily”, by William Faulkner the narrator introduces the reader to Emily Grierson, a sheltered southern woman who while alive struggled immensely with her sanity and the evolving world around her. Emily's father, a very prestigious man is the cause of Emily's senseless behavior. He kept her secluded from the rest of the town “We remembered all the young men her father had driven away...” (Page 3.) If Emily had been allowed to date and socialize with people her own age would she had turned out differently.

Are human beings responsible for the well being of others that they come into contact with? William Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily" considers the significance that human interaction has or does not have on people's lives. Faulkner creatively uses a shocking ending to cause readers to reevaluate their own interactions with others in their lives. Throughout the story, Faulkner uses characters that may relate to the readers more than they want to admit. Homer Barron, the construction worker from the North, and the residents of Jefferson are used to expose the opportunities, although different, they are afforded to affect the life of Emily Grierson, who is the

A Rose for Emily is a mysterious and jaw-dropping short story precisely written by American writer, WIlliam Faulkner. This eerie story was published in 1930 and has been analyzed for its hair-raising effect ever since. The story places the reader in a decaying Mississippi town in the post-Civil War South where gossip is absorbed as it is the morning paper. The backdrop of the story plays a key role in the end result. The setting relates to the events of the plot, the events of the characters, and the building of suspense.

The “Rose” in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” we learn about a beautiful and elegant woman named Emily Grierson. She grew up with a controlling father who chased away all of her suitors, leaving her hungry for love. She soon meets a Northerner, whom she falls in love with and goes through desperate measures to keep him, driven by her jealousy.

In the short story, “A Rose for Emily,” William Faulkner creates a character that is both complex and mysterious. This character, named Emily, is unique because of her hidden motivations that are slowly revealed to the reader as the story unfolds. Faulkner forces both the reader and the characters in the story to wrestle with how to respond and act towards her. Because her character is shrouded in mystery, no one is quite sure how to feel about the quiet Miss Emily. Faulkner uses Emily to create a compelling short story that is intriguing and makes the reader curious as to what inner or outer forces could be making her act so strangely.

Why do other people’s opinions affect ours? Every time you hear another person’s perspective yours is effected in even the slightest bit. In stories or novels, the narrator is the one who affects our perspective with their own. The narrator in a ‘Rose for Emily’ is a perfect example of a perspective changing ours. In the short story by William Faulkner, the narrator approaches the story in his own perspective, which affects the reader's reception of the story. This is shown through diction and characterization.

William Faulkner uses "A Rose for Emily" to comment on how the south, at its own peril, refuses to accept the inevitability of historical and social change. Faulkner uses “A Rose for Emily” to address themes of change and progress, especially as they relate to the American South. Although he describes particular individuals within Jefferson and he seems to be using them as symbols for the larger issues. For example, the influences of class and social rank, the town perception of Miss Emily`s house and the expectation of marriage for young women that the South was facing at the turn of the twentieth century.

The promulgation of certain restrictions on the life of the female protagonist by controlling male characters demonstrates how the subjugation of a female’s thoughts and desires causes her to become isolated and shields her from exploring different opportunities. The characterization of Emily’s father in “A Rose for Emily” exemplifies that psychological suppression of a female by the most prominent man in her life leads to complete isolation of that female. Faulkner characterizes Mr. Grierson through the eyes of the society which had only one view of him: “a spraddled silhouette in the foreground, his back to her and clutching a horsewhip...framed by the back-flung front door” (4). This characterization of Emily’s father not only shows him suppressing

William Faulkner’s classic short-story, A Rose for Emily, is a Gothic-Horror that discusses many of the dark themes that characterized the Old South. Throughout the story, William Falkner uses the main character of Emily Grierson to represent the death of the South after the Civil War.

William Faulkner is one of the most famous American Prose writher. He came from a wealthy family. Faulkner grew up in Oxford, Mississippi. He temporarily worked for a book store in New York. He is famous for his novels set in the American South. He writes a lot of novels about reality and social issues that most American writers left in the dark. Faulkner has been awarded many Nobel Prizes, but in 1949 Faulkner was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature. The committee consider him one of the most important writers of American letters (Bio.com). “A Rose for Emily” is one of him major works. The setting in “A Rose for Emily” has three main effects on the plot: traditions in the south, gothic aspects of death, and Emily’s refusal to adapt to change, leaving her an unsatisfied and lonely life.

William Faulkner once said, “ We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” American history has come a long way, comparing present day to the past many can see a drastic difference. In a historicist perspective, a short story that captures this country’s past is William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily written and published in 1930 and was William Faulkner's first short story to be published in a national magazine. The critics and the public view the reading somewhat well, however, there were some disturbing instances that made the public more shocked and disturbed by the short story. William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily reveals the standards of taste and value, social attitudes, and cultural practices, and give the