Miss Emily Insane
Iris Maldonado
Engl 102/ Formal Paper 1
Literature and Composition
March 19, 2010
Profile of Miss Emily Grierson in, “A Rose for Emily”. Lunatic: Psychological term for lunatic is defined as a person who has been declared insane. The person is afflicted or has shown characteristics of mental derangement or eccentric behaviors. This person shows or is marked by a lack of good sense or judgment. Mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot conduct her/his affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior. In the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, the character Miss Emily displayed misanthropic, yet feeble behaviors that made her appear …show more content…
Tobe was taking care of everything as far as all the upkeeps of the home and making sure they had food on the table every night. “Just as if a man, any man, could keep a kitchen properly”(31). The town’s people were not surprised when the smell developed. Emily was not in the right state of mind and did not pay much attention to what was going on around her. All she paid mind to was Homer, she was always locked up in the room with the corpse. Once again she was confined to her home and did not let anyone in. She refused to pay taxes owed on her property. When questioned about it she would deny the fact that she would receive correspondence in relation to that matter. She would say they were taken care of and did not owe anyone anything. Miss Emily felt like she was supposed to be taken care of because she was the last of Griersons. Days, months, years passed and she had evidently shut up the top floor of the house. Like the carven torso of an idol in a niche, looking or not looking out at the town’s people, they could never tell which. She passed from generation to generation, dear, inescapable, impervious, tranquil, and perverse. And so she died. Fell ill in the house filled with dust and shadows, with only a doddering Negro man to wait on her. She died in one of the downstairs rooms, in a heavy Maldonado
Engl 102/ Formal Paper 1
Literature and Composition
March 19, 2010
Profile of Miss Emily Grierson in, “A Rose for Emily”. Lunatic: Psychological term for lunatic is defined as a person who has been declared insane. The person is afflicted or has shown characteristics of mental derangement or eccentric behaviors. This person shows or is marked by a lack of good sense or judgment. Mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot conduct her/his affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior. In the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, the character Miss Emily displayed misanthropic, yet feeble behaviors that made her appear …show more content…
Tobe was taking care of everything as far as all the upkeeps of the home and making sure they had food on the table every night. “Just as if a man, any man, could keep a kitchen properly”(31). The town’s people were not surprised when the smell developed. Emily was not in the right state of mind and did not pay much attention to what was going on around her. All she paid mind to was Homer, she was always locked up in the room with the corpse. Once again she was confined to her home and did not let anyone in. She refused to pay taxes owed on her property. When questioned about it she would deny the fact that she would receive correspondence in relation to that matter. She would say they were taken care of and did not owe anyone anything. Miss Emily felt like she was supposed to be taken care of because she was the last of Griersons. Days, months, years passed and she had evidently shut up the top floor of the house. Like the carven torso of an idol in a niche, looking or not looking out at the town’s people, they could never tell which. She passed from generation to generation, dear, inescapable, impervious, tranquil, and perverse. And so she died. Fell ill in the house filled with dust and shadows, with only a doddering Negro man to wait on her. She died in one of the downstairs rooms, in a heavy Maldonado