A Rose For Emily Grierson Character Analysis
Kelsey Francis
English 1102-111
Dr. T. Bozeman
4 February 2012
Character Analysis “A Rose for Emily” An Unknown author once quoted, “Life is a rose, beware of the thorns.” In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”, Emily Grierson is considered to be the protagonist. As the story develops, Emily Grierson goes from being a beautiful rose to becoming an isolated, sneaky, lonely but psychotic character. In the story “A Rose for Emily,” Faulkner gives the audience the impression that Emily becomes an isolated person due to the many turning events in her life. After being isolated for many years from the town, things changed and the newer generation went to Miss Emily asking her to pay taxes. Her response was for them to see Colonel Sartoris. According to the story, Colonel Sartoris had been dead for almost ten years. (Faulkner 92). As the story moves on, she got very sick and by the time the townspeople saw her again she had a short haircut and looked very tragic (Faulkner 93). During the time Miss Emily’s was isolated for six months, her housekeeper Tobe, ran her errands for her (Faulkner 95). After those months passed, …show more content…
One example of her being isolated was where the townspeople noticed her physique changing having a short haircut and her falling sick. An example of her being sneaky was where she sat still in the room when the men came to sprinkle the lime around the house to eliminate the odor that was brewing around the house. An example of her being lonely was where she displayed the love of her father by holding on to his body. Due to the fact that the only love she ever felt for a man was that from her father. Her father drove away every man that could have possibly been someone for Emily. All these characteristics with their supporting evidence prove why Emily is portrayed in the story the way that she
English 1102-111
Dr. T. Bozeman
4 February 2012
Character Analysis “A Rose for Emily” An Unknown author once quoted, “Life is a rose, beware of the thorns.” In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”, Emily Grierson is considered to be the protagonist. As the story develops, Emily Grierson goes from being a beautiful rose to becoming an isolated, sneaky, lonely but psychotic character. In the story “A Rose for Emily,” Faulkner gives the audience the impression that Emily becomes an isolated person due to the many turning events in her life. After being isolated for many years from the town, things changed and the newer generation went to Miss Emily asking her to pay taxes. Her response was for them to see Colonel Sartoris. According to the story, Colonel Sartoris had been dead for almost ten years. (Faulkner 92). As the story moves on, she got very sick and by the time the townspeople saw her again she had a short haircut and looked very tragic (Faulkner 93). During the time Miss Emily’s was isolated for six months, her housekeeper Tobe, ran her errands for her (Faulkner 95). After those months passed, …show more content…
One example of her being isolated was where the townspeople noticed her physique changing having a short haircut and her falling sick. An example of her being sneaky was where she sat still in the room when the men came to sprinkle the lime around the house to eliminate the odor that was brewing around the house. An example of her being lonely was where she displayed the love of her father by holding on to his body. Due to the fact that the only love she ever felt for a man was that from her father. Her father drove away every man that could have possibly been someone for Emily. All these characteristics with their supporting evidence prove why Emily is portrayed in the story the way that she