A Rose For Emily Literary Analysis
Short Fiction Essay “A Rose for Emily” In the story “A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner associates the main character, Miss Emily with a sense of beauty, privilege, and mystery. Raised in a rich southern atmosphere it is clear why the town of Jefferson is so infatuated with her life. But how does the patriarchal society and socioeconomic climate of the era contribute to and directly influence the events that occur in Miss Emily 's life? Miss Emily is a product of her time. Nobody in the town of Jefferson really knows who Miss Emily is, due to social standards and traditions. William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” is a case point. While I think that we can quickly learn to see how Faulkner’s story illustrates the patriarchal ideology,
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Emily is viewed as a very important women in the town, the townspeople think that Emily has the perfect life. When in reality her life seems to go downhill after her father’s death and is left with only the house. The death of Emily’s father seems to tear her apart she had no communication with the outside world. Maybe it wasn’t the best thing for Emily but other people saw it as fair “At last they could pity Miss Emily. Being left alone, and a pauper, she had become dehumanized” (Tyson 254). Throughout the story we see that Miss Emily does many strange things like lie about her father’s death and kept him with her for three days. Do you think that Emily did these actions as a way to heal in the inside? Was she not thinking when she acted this …show more content…
After all the things that she does in the story could it be possible that Emily is happy with everything she has done. She goes from this beautiful great woman who has a wealthy life to a person who is left with nothing but a house. The change is dramatic it could have been possible that she just couldn’t accept the new style of living and just tried to survive in life by doing things she thought were right. However I don’t see how it’s fair how she got away with everything she did just because she was a Grierson (the last
Emily is viewed as a very important women in the town, the townspeople think that Emily has the perfect life. When in reality her life seems to go downhill after her father’s death and is left with only the house. The death of Emily’s father seems to tear her apart she had no communication with the outside world. Maybe it wasn’t the best thing for Emily but other people saw it as fair “At last they could pity Miss Emily. Being left alone, and a pauper, she had become dehumanized” (Tyson 254). Throughout the story we see that Miss Emily does many strange things like lie about her father’s death and kept him with her for three days. Do you think that Emily did these actions as a way to heal in the inside? Was she not thinking when she acted this …show more content…
After all the things that she does in the story could it be possible that Emily is happy with everything she has done. She goes from this beautiful great woman who has a wealthy life to a person who is left with nothing but a house. The change is dramatic it could have been possible that she just couldn’t accept the new style of living and just tried to survive in life by doing things she thought were right. However I don’t see how it’s fair how she got away with everything she did just because she was a Grierson (the last