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‘A Rose For Emily’ By William Faulkner is characterized as a gothic story which "combines fiction and horror, death, sometimes including happiness and romance".
Ayesha
This conflict is amidst the main character and the narrator. The narrator is constantly saying “we” as in the people of the town is observing Emily.
anthony funari. “William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily".” The Mad Literature Professor, 5 Sept. 2013, introtolitfunari.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/william-faulkners-a-rose-for-emily/.
rose for emily . “THE PLOT OF THE STORY.” A Rose for Emily, 14 Dec. 2015, anastasiamalyshko.blogspot.ca/2015/12/the-plot-of-story.html.
Faulkner tells us in the story that Emily had a great-aunt, ‘Old lady Wyatt’ who was mentally unstable which hints to us that it’s probably hereditary. Emily struggles to face reality.
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anthony funari. “William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily".” The Mad Literature Professor, 5 Sept. 2013, introtolitfunari.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/william-faulkners-a-rose-for emily/.
This conflict is between Emily and Homer, she was in love with him thinking of their future together except Homer was on the contrary.
Lifeasweknowitnow. “No Roses For Emily.” Lifeasweknowitnow, 6 May 2016, lifeasweknowitnowblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/no-roses-for-emily/.
The author of the story, William Faulkner described the whole story as a “gift to Emily”. Faulkner is trying to ‘pay tribute’ to her, because the town is constantly checking up on her, suspicious, afraid and because she has “undergone a great tragedy”. The rose in the title is ‘symbolic’ as Faulkner described “allegorical” because he is trying to convey sympathy for Emily.
As the reader it is very easy to critic and suspect Emily, because we have no idea what are her thoughts and feelings are. The title of the story is appropriate because William Faulkner gave a specific explanation for it that supports this reasoning which I mentioned previously.
“Dead Red Roses Stock Photos and Images.” Alamy, www.alamy.com/stock-photo/dead-red-roses.html.
-Post war in the 1930's
-Fictional Southern County in Jefferson, Mississippi called Yoknapatawpha.
-"big, squarish frame house that had once been white..."
-Miss Emily Grierson avoided paying her taxes
-Mayors and the Aldermen called a special meeting in the Grierson household
-"Colonel Startoris" has been dead for almost 10 years
Zayaan
-Homar Barron the construction worker
-"whenever you heard a lot of laughing anywhere about the square, Homer would be in the centre of the group"
-The whole town loved homer including Emily
-Miss Emily went to the drug store for some poison
-The law required Miss Emily to say what the poison was for.
-Couple days later, she was delivered Arsenic which read "for rats"
-Miss Emily starts getting older and develops grey hair
-The whole town knows that she will die soon
-Homer Barron vanishses
-The town breaks into Miss Emilys house
-Homer and Emily are laying dead inside the room
-Emily finally got what she wanted
Ayesha
“The obligation of honourable, generous, and responsible behaviour associated with high rank or birth.”
In the story the townspeople take offence and get irritated by the fact that Homer has caught the eye of Emily, a “southern aristocratic” woman.
When Faulkner describes the hair found on the pillow beside Homer Barron’s dead body he stresses the fact that the hair is “iron-grey” and long. Iron represents strength and unwillingness to change. This is shown through Emily’s unwillingness to bend to anyone else’s will, and desire to live life on her own terms. She shows this when she refuses to pay taxes in the town and lets no one into her home. She also has a relationship with Homer Barron, a man who the town considers to be below Emily’s status.
Adam
Grey hair also represents decay and loss of youth, reflecting Emily’s life, first of being suppressed by her father who drove away suitors, to her relationship with a new northerner which, as the readers may assume, is toxic and unhealthy. Emily’s personality reflects the change-resisting behavior of the american south, living by her own rules, much like the old-fashioned south at the time. Her graying hair shows that Emily, despite her defiant attitude, is simply human and has human needs, such as love and happiness.
Kevin
-Throughout the story "A Rose for Emily" the rose in title symbolized
- The rose also symbolized a token of affection
- The title could have also suggested that it's presenting emily with respect for what has happened throughout the story and the town feeling pity for all the tragedy in her life.
- Flowers (rose) are commonly found at funeral's,
Zayaan
Kevin
- "Loneliness can lead one into depression"
- "Obsession can lead to self-destruction"
- "Denial is the deadliest form of grief"
In the story A Rose for Emily the main literary device used is the flashback.
Adam
"So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before about the smell."
"...only Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps-an eyesore among eyesores."
“What was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of the nightshirt, had become inextricable from the bed in which he lay; and upon him and upon the pillow beside him lay that even coating of the patient and biding dust.”
Emily's house represents alienation and death. This is shown through Emily's sheltered life in her "eyesore" of a home. Her love interest, Homer Barron was against their marriage, as it was hinted at that he was gay. Emily poisoned Homer, after he had refused her offer of marriage, preserving her love, her last hope of marriage after an isolated life in her home.
Strand of hair: In Question 2
Jaya
Emily Grierson
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Jayas
Gracy, Tim. ""A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner -- classic story explained, timeline given."
YouTube. February 18, 2015. Accessed February 26, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ckk2p6Wwe8.
Zayaan
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