Reflections on Reading "A Rose for Emily" James Lewis ENG/125 October 22‚ 2014 Geraldine Smith Reflections on Reading "A Rose for Emily" William Faulkner’s short story‚ "A Rose for Emily"‚ follows one of the author’s main themes in many of his later works‚ i.e. the racial and societal divides that continued in the South after its defeat of the Civil War. One believes‚ Faulkner‚ being born and raised in the Deep South writes with a close working knowledge racism‚ classism and cultural divisions
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developing town‚ comes across citizens who believe her to be a burden‚ but feel disposed to pay her back‚ “Miss Emily’s father had loaned money to the town‚ which the town‚ as a matter of business‚ preferred this way of repaying. Only a man of Colonel Sartoris’ generation and thought could have invented it‚ and only a woman could have believed it” (Faulkner). Further proof of a generation that once felt that they had to pay the Griersons‚ a new community is born into thinking that they have to repay a
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“In this world‚ nothing is certain but death and taxes.” This quote by Benjamin Franklin perfectly fits the beginning of “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ which begins with the main character’s death then immediately goes into the tax remission she receives after her father’s death. This is a story about a woman‚ named Emily Grierson‚ and her relationships with the town of Jefferson‚ with a man she was in love with‚ Homer Barron‚ and with her father. For the seasoned readers of Faulkner
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discarded socks. Emily grew up during the Civil War between the Union and Confederate soldiers‚ and the suit in the room shows the reader that in Emily’s mind‚ she believes that she’s still in that time period. When Emily’s father died‚ mayor Colonel Sartoris‚ remitted Emily’s taxes because Emily had no one to take care of her and because she was poor‚ left with just the house. Colonel told her that her father had loaned money to the town and the town preferred remitting her taxes as a way to pay back
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Symbolism is an important literary element used in stories and poems in order to represent ideas not specifically stated. Symbols can come in the forms of motifs or metaphors and are used by having a character or object stand for an abstract idea. Many symbols add to the effect of a story by giving it hidden meanings that give the reader a better understanding of any situation. Many authors during the modernist time period included symbolism in their stories to help give them emotion and hidden meaning
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was aware of the romantic pull of the past and realized that submission to this romance of the past was a form of death. In "A Rose for Emily"‚ Faulkner contrasted the past with the present era. The past was represented in Emily herself‚ in Colonel Sartoris‚ in the old Negro servant‚ and in the Board of Alderman who accepted the Colonel’s attitude toward Emily and rescinded her taxes.. The novel contains the existential factor‚ to explore the existential theme of the show. That through the works of
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The Insight Into “A Rose for Emily” In the literature piece of “A Rose for Emily” it’s clear that change is essential in a person’s life. Emily is an example of this based on how she stays in the past throughout the story. She remains the same since her pre-civil war self and Faulkner would agree that the past should stay in the past. The narrator is spoken in third person and he is seen as ghostly since his identity is unknown‚ from context clues you can assume it’s someone in the town “But the
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Thesis Poor Emily withered away just like a rose she blooms into a beautiful woman but like the rose she is unable to retain the beauty and eventually dies. Emily life was a very hard life that contributed to her psychological disaster. Her brain loses brain cells and the rose loses petals. They both live a hard life and Emily bloomed when she killed Homer by having something she has always wanted. The rose blooms when it is the most vibrant color of its life cycle. They both die but when the time
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Timeline of “A Rose for Emily” 1864 – Emily is born 1894 – Emily’s father dies when Emily is thirty and still single. On the day after her father’s death‚ she claims that her father is not dead. In the same year‚ Colonel Sartoris remits her taxes by inventing a tale of her father loaning money to the town. 1895- Homer Barron comes to town. People began seeing him and Emily driving on Sunday afternoons. At first‚ the people say that Emily will marry him. Then‚ they say that she would persuade
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everyone knew there was no way she could afford to pay taxes‚ Miss Emily would have refused to have her taxes exempted out of charity‚ so a story went along with her exemption. Faulkner explains‚ “Not that Miss Emily would have accepted charity. Colonel Sartoris invented an involved tale to the effect that Miss Emily’s father had loaned money to the town‚ which the town‚ as a matter of business‚ preferred this way of repaying” (Faulkner 79). Because of her pride‚ Miss Emily also felt she must be strong despite
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