The Use Of Foreshadowing In William Faulkner's A Rose For Emily

William Faulkner uses a mass selection of literary devices in “A Rose for Emily” to leave the reader amazed. Two literary devices that helped shape the overall feeling of “A Rose for Emily” are imagery and foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is used variety times throughout the story. Faulkner add suspects to the character by her memorization lost in time. Isolation is a impact that is caused by Miss. Emily action and choices she makes throughout life. Another serious impact in Miss. Emily life is abandonment by her family and love ones. In “A Rose for Emily”, Faulkner uses foreshadowing to help the reader prepare for the shocking end of the story.
Miss Emily Grierson experiences misfortunes all throughout her life due to the lack of self confidence she had and her mysterious lifestyle. “Only Miss Emily’s house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagon and the gasoline pumps...” (Faulkner 862). Miss. Emily spent her entire life locked in her squarish frame house,
Emily locks herself up in the house for six months. The townspeople only saw the Negro man leaving her house occasionally carrying a market basket around, but there were still no sign of Miss. Emily. In fact the front door remained closed. “ After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all” ( Faulkner 865). These tragedies overwhelmed Miss. Emily to the point where she abandoned herself inside of her house. The townspeople believed she was sick for a long time. When they finally saw Miss. Emily again her whole appearance changed, making her look younger. “When we saw her again, her hair was cut short, making her look like a girl...” ( Faulkner 867). Miss. Emily was not comfortable around the townspeople, so she would stay in her house majority of the time. The last time the town saw Miss. Emile she had grown fat and her hair was turning greyer and