Comparing Faulkner's A Rose For Emily And Mrs. Brill
“A Rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner in 1930 is about the life of Emily Grierson and how she lives her life in seclusion. In this suspense-filled short story, there is heartbreak, death, and a touch of insanity. “Mrs. Brill” written by Katherine Mansfield in 1922, is about an English woman from a French town that spends her Sunday afternoons getting dressed up with her precious fox fur by going to the park to watch the band, and people on her weekly routine. Therefore Mrs. Brill and Emily Grierson have very similar lifestyles by avoiding reality and the changing times. Even though both women have some of the same characteristics, they are different in many ways. Mrs. Brill and Emily create life in solitary confinement because they refuse to face reality.
In “A Rose for Emily” and “Mrs. Brill”, both women live a life secluded from society. Emily avoids people and life around her by staying cooped up like a caged bird. Emily’s reality is the past, and she refuses to face the fact that people die, you can fall in and out of love, and times change. Emily could not accept losing someone she loves so dearly. One example of how Emily refuses to accept reality is when Faulkner writes, “her father is not dead “(101). …show more content…
Brill and Emily Grierson are two women that live trouble lives and refuse to accept the reality of changing times. Both of them hold on to people, places and things that they both cherish so dearly. Emily keeps her lover’s body after she kills him, and her cousin finds the body. Faulkner writes, “the man himself lay in the bed” (Faulkner 105). Mrs. Brill refuse to let go of her precious fox fur. Mansfield writes, she calls her fox fur “Dear Little Thing”(Mansfield 309). Mrs. Brill fox fur makes her feel a sense of importance, and she communicates with it as if it is human. Nevertheless, both women are unhappy with the life they choose to live in solitary confinement, and the refusal of facing reality is their way to
In “A Rose for Emily” and “Mrs. Brill”, both women live a life secluded from society. Emily avoids people and life around her by staying cooped up like a caged bird. Emily’s reality is the past, and she refuses to face the fact that people die, you can fall in and out of love, and times change. Emily could not accept losing someone she loves so dearly. One example of how Emily refuses to accept reality is when Faulkner writes, “her father is not dead “(101). …show more content…
Brill and Emily Grierson are two women that live trouble lives and refuse to accept the reality of changing times. Both of them hold on to people, places and things that they both cherish so dearly. Emily keeps her lover’s body after she kills him, and her cousin finds the body. Faulkner writes, “the man himself lay in the bed” (Faulkner 105). Mrs. Brill refuse to let go of her precious fox fur. Mansfield writes, she calls her fox fur “Dear Little Thing”(Mansfield 309). Mrs. Brill fox fur makes her feel a sense of importance, and she communicates with it as if it is human. Nevertheless, both women are unhappy with the life they choose to live in solitary confinement, and the refusal of facing reality is their way to