Debra Arnold January 14‚ 2011 Emily Grierson “A Rose for Emily” is a horror story by Faulkner. Emily Grierson‚ whose life story is told by an anonymous narrator‚ who represents the attitudes and ideas of the community. When suppressed by her father until his death‚ she takes up with a Northern laborer‚ Homer Barron. When she is faced with desertion from Homer‚ she turns to murdering him by arsenic. It was later discovered after Emily’s death that Homer’s rotting corpse was in the upstairs
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Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily” creates the vivid and fascinating character of Miss Emily Grierson‚ a seventy four years old spinster. Over the course of the story‚ the reader learns about Miss Emily’s eccentric behavior. Her behavior culminates with her murder of Homer Barron‚ keeping him in her house and sleeping with him. Miss Emily is impacted psychologically in several ways such as the expectations society placed on her‚ her family history‚ and her own personality. Miss Emily was weighed down throughout
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In William Faulkner’s "A Rose for Emily"‚ a woman of noble origin‚ Emily Grierson‚ finds herself alone isolated in a small town in the Old South. The isolation is not only a result of the townspeople’s perception of Emily’s status in the community‚ but also as a result of their pity towards her. Emily‚ herself‚ is also to blame for the separation she experiences from the rest of the town. This ominous alienation that some individuals encounter can sometimes lead to horrible‚ and even‚ disgusting
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“Alive‚ Miss Emily had been a tradition‚ a duty‚ a care‚ a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town…” A Rose for Emily‚ written by William Faulkner‚ is set in the South‚ following the Civil War. Slavery had been abolished‚ the economy was straining‚ and society was grieving. In the novel the American South is shown to be in distress‚ southerners were in denial of any change‚ and were trying to hold on too any dignity they had left. By allowing the reader to reconstruct the dates chronologically
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The short story A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner gives a reader a portrayal of how Emily Grierson‚ the main character of the story‚ it first gives the reader an impression of her character. Uses symbolism as a way to represent the intangible qualities of the characters. These two traits help out give the story a lot of life in the end. Emily Grierson is a lady who turned out to be exceptionally dependent to others like her dad. She has grown up her entire life in the same house‚ likely with
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In the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ the main character‚ Emily Grierson‚ goes through multiple tragedies in her life. Those of which have somehow loosened the structural integrity of her own mind. Losing her father--her only family member and overseer—left Emily alone with the servant‚ and without husband. A few years later she finds a man she finds suitable to marry‚ Homer Barron. Upon the discovery that Homer isn’t interested in women‚ she poisons him with arsenic. Then
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Psychotherapeutic Process: Grief William Faulkner’s persona in “A Rose for Emily” speaks of the dangers of psychological issues; psychological issues that affect every aspect of life for Emily Grierson. In all actuality‚ Emily Grierson suffers from anxiety‚ grief‚ and psychotic symptoms- this prognosis is supported by Miss Emily Grierson’s sleeping with Homer Baron‚ a corpse. The theme‚ or central message‚ in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily‚” is that people suffer from psychological and psychotic issues
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to hold on to what was in her life rather than pick up and move on with life. Faulkner shows how the world around Ms. Emily Grierson had changed by describing the neighborhood around her had changed over the years. He also tells of her strange ways to cope with these changes. When Emily’s father died‚ she refused his body to be turned over for burial. She keeps her father’s body in their home for three days. He also tells of Emily’s way to cope with the loss of relationship. Emily had for years dated
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strained flag. "Why‚ of course‚" the druggist said. "If that’s what you want. But the law requires you to tell what you are going to use it for." Miss Emily just stared at him‚ her head tilted back in order to look him eye for eye‚ until he looked away and went and got the arsenic and wrapped it up.” (Faulkner‚ 4) This scene from William Faulkner’s “A Rose For Emily” gives a little look into the strange mind of Emily Grierson. Miss Emily didn’t believe it when her father died‚ her father who was always
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Later in this gothic story Emily Grierson dies (ultimately where the story begins)‚ “our whole town went to her funeral” (Faulkner‚ 52). Few people had seen the inside of her house in the last decade. Once they buried Emily they quickly opened the upstairs‚ “which no one had seen in forty years” (Faulkner‚ 58). When the door was opened they found Homer Barron lying on the bed‚ decaying. Surrounded in a room full of unworn‚ unused wedding memorabilia. On the bed beside him was an impression of where
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