Summary Of Smith's Interpretation Of A Rose For Emily

A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner - 91-96, point of view is the narrative point of view the first person. We realize in this story that we the audience don’t know if it is a men or a women. We are able to tell the character when the narrator says “we” in certain points of the text. For example in the text it states,” When we saw her again, her name was cut short , making her look like a girl (pg93).” The text never let’s us know the characters name. The character speaks for the community and it can consider to be the main character. The character shows sympathy for Emily. He as well shows humor when telling the story. Another sympathy the character shows it towards the town of Jefferson and feels the people of the town are unable to control their reactions. The stylistic element the narrator uses is talking about the climax throughout the whole story.

While one of the most traditional interpretations of “A Rose for Emily” is the variety of meanings for the “rose” presented in the title and how the “rose” fits in with the story. Laura Getty states in her article many varied perspectives that many could ponder when identifying what the “rose” stands for. She states many possible theories that depict what the “rose” means, including theories of other writers that help support her own theory and also that adds another way that most might not consider at first. Most of the interpretations of the rose are all focused on the “internal elements” (Getty 231) rather than the actual rose itself. Getty theorizes about certain characters, buildings, anything that symbolizes a rose in the story as

Symbolism is the use of an object or a word to represent an abstract idea. It's often used by writers to represent a hidden message or a hint in a story. The short Stories " A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker are great examples of the use of symbolism. In "A Rose for Emily" Faulkner uses symbolism to create a Story about a woman called Emily whose life is surrounded by mysteries, especially after the death of her father and the disappearance of her beloved Homer. Falkner uses symbolism to hide several messages through the Story which, in my opinion, sounds very morbid as things happen. In "Everyday Use," Alice Walker symbolizes her messages through a beautiful detailed story where Mrs. Johnson also

In A Rose for Emily, the narrator, who is the voice of the town, uses stories to tell the story of Emily's life. These stories are as observed by the towns people around her. This is used to go beyond time, from the time before Emily's death, to the time near her father's death, and so on. Since the story is being told through the towns eyes it persuades the readers to make assumptions, like that of the town peoples. For example, when the narrator writes about the smell coming from the house, we are lead to believe from the major “probably just a snake or rat that nigger killed in the yard.” (pg.100; pt I). Like the town, the reader does not discover that the source of the smell is her dearest Mr. Barron’s dead body until the last paragraph of the story when the body is revealed.

Symbolism in literature is using an object to portray a different, deeper meaning in a story. Symbols represent ideas or qualities that the author has maneuvered into his or her story that has meaning. There can be multiple symbols in a story or just one. It is up to the reader to interpret the meaning of the symbols and their significance to the story. While reading a story, symbols may not become clear until the very end, once the climax is over, and the falling action is covered. In William Faulkner’s, “A Rose for Emily,” there are multiple examples of symbolism that occur throughout the story.

In William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," the symbolism shows more about the character than is detailed by the author. Authors generally use symbolism as a way to represent the intangible qualities of the characters, places, and events in their work. Symbolism helps to indicate several things in a story. In "A Rose for Emily" Faulkner uses symbolism to define and characterize Emily Grierson. There are many symbols in this story each one has a special meaning to be determined by the reader. Therefore each time the story is read it can take on a new form, which will make this story lasts for generations to come The title "A Rose for Emily" holds a lot of symbolism in itself. When

This story was very interesting, and this story "A Rose for Emily" was very simple. When Im reading this story it was sort of very confusing way of writting. And when reading this story you have to focus because if you are not you will miss something important parts of the story. This story was written in out of order for the purpose, this story was interesting to attract or catch the readers attention. This story about the father protecting his child for his entire life, then the people in the background had no proper behavior because they did not guide properly. Emily was always protected by her father. And her parents not allowed her to do anything because she was expected that she will behave honorable because of her status was high in the community. Her

In the short story, “A Rose for Emily,” William Faulkner uses a modernistic style of writing combined with Southern Gothic themes to show how strange or “perverse” of a character Emily Grierson is. The story is split into five parts which all take place throughout Emily’s life. These five parts are not in chronological order. Not until the story is looked at in chronological order will the reader understand the full personality and life of Emily Grierson.

     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.

Emily is a woman that has had a hard life. Her family made it so that she was held in high regard in the public eye. She was not suppose to encounter relationships that were below her stature. The town, being the antagonist, drives Emily to her insanity because they will not allow her to lead a normal life. They liked the “show” they were watching a refused to give it up.

At the surface, Emily seems unsympathetic, however, “A Rose for Emily” slowly crafts her into a woman who has lived a sad reclusive life who rejects the upcoming modern age. In the short story, Emily’s father has rejected potential husbands which leaves Emily isolated. Her isolation is cemented when her father dies. Ultimately, Emily is sympathetic character due to her refusal to accept her father’s death after the funeral. In fact, she denies her father’s death for three days. The refusal to accept her father’s death surfaces when Emily tells the leaders of the town to speak to her deceased father a decade after his death. Her behavior shows shows that she is in denial which makes the reader sympathize with her actions. Emily also begins to

A common fear across the world is the fear of change, despite all of the progress that it could bring. This fear is present throughout William Faulkner’s story, “A Rose for Emily”. After the death of her father, Emily Grierson meets Homer Barron, a construction worker from the North. The two begin to date regardless of Homer’s open confession of being homosexual. The townspeople begin to think they became married when Emily bought wedding gifts for Homer.

A Rose for Emily” is a short story written by William Faulkner, who introduces the reader to a character named Emily that has passed away in the beginning of the story. The narrator jumps back in time and provides events that happened prior to Emily's funeral. Additionally, we are later introduced to Emily’s father who seems to be keeping her away from society. Emily is basically isolated from the world, she does what her father tells her to do, and when her father passed away, her reaction was nonchalant. Throughout the story, the reader can conclude that Emily might have a mental illness due to her actions, but in reality the reader never gets to hear Emily’s perspective.

In Edgar Allan Poe’s “A Rose for Emily,” the townspeople visit Emily Grierson’s house because it smells bad. Thirty years before this, her father has died and she states he is not dead. The town is calling the law to make her give up the body. She keeps the body in her house for three days then gives it up.

William Faulkner presents us with a new way of interpreting the themes in which we read our stories by providing us with the short story “A Rose for Emily,” which grips the reader with every word challenging them to figure out what happens with Miss Emily and Homer Barron. “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner starts off with Miss Emily denying that her father was not dead for three days after his death. After Miss Emily realizes that her dad is actually gone, she wants to purchase arsenic, which is a poison. Next, people in the town began to think that because Miss Emily was sick, she was going to end up killing herself because Homer Barron would not marry her. Miss Emily and Homer Barron, who was a man from the town that Miss Emily was seeing,