Collin Brandl AP English Professor Hertzog 2/26/13 A key trait to southern gothic fiction is that it often contains a character that is in a state of helpless isolation from the people around them. In the short story “A Rose for Emily”‚ William Faulkner characterizes Miss Emily Grierson with sexual repression and a psychological state that keeps her mind in the time before the Civil War. This characterization stems from her father‚ her boyfriend Homer Baron and the town of Jefferson itself‚ and
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A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner SETTING: In a town called Jefferson in Mississippi and mainly in her house CHARACTERS: Miss Emily Grierson‚ Homer Barron‚ The Mayor and Miss Emily’s dad PLOT: a. Her dad dies. b. They thought he left town. c. Then they found him dead. THEME: a. Tradition vs. Change b. Struggle between past and present POINT OF VIEW: "A Rose for Emily" is a successful story not only because of its intricately complex chronology‚ but also because of its unique narrative
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A Rose For Emily 1. Why was it difficult‚ if not impossible‚ for Emily to meet possible husbands in her youth? So the reason she couldn’t meet possible husbands in her youth was because of her father and if her father had been a little better with the different men that wanted her than that would have the life of his daughter in the future. But he left her at a tough position by thinking that no man is good enough for his daughter. An evident for this would be‚ “… [No] young… [Man was]… good
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A Rose for Emily Emily’s Father Throughout this story‚ the overbearing presence of Emily Grierson’s father is perhaps the greatest influence on her behavior. The story describes how Miss Emily’s father rejected her suitors by standing in front of her and aggressively clutching a horsewhip whenever the young men came to call. Without her fathers influence and overprotective behavior it is likely that Emily would have made one of her suitors her husband when she was still
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Grierson was the reason Emily was not married and he was also the reason Emily experienced attachment and control disorders later in her life. The narrator tells the readers that the Grierson’s had held themselves a little too high for what they were and that none of the young men were good enough for Miss Emily. The town’s people thought of the Grierson’s as a tableau‚ with Miss Emily in the background dressed in white and her father in the front with his back towards Miss Emily clutching on to a horsewhip
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reading‚ make note of your new understandings. Why did the colonel do that for Emily’s father? Did he do something prior for him and his family or something? Is the smell from a dead body? The drug is labeled “for rats”‚ did Homer do something to Emily like cheating on her? No‚ she kills him so she won’t have to lose him.What’s the deal with the yellow? If she was laying on the bed with him‚ that
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The Mystery of Emily Grierson As remarkable a story as A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner was‚ the irony presented about Miss Emily’s life was truly remarkable. The life and death of Emily Grierson drew a lot of attention from the entire town. Faulkner’s description of the women in the town seemed to make the audience feel as if they were curious about her way of life. This short story was set in the town of Jefferson where for many years Miss Emily lived with her father. When her father passed
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The character Emily Rose in "A Rose for Emily" is considered a static character because; her traits throughout the story do not change. In the story she is deemed as quiet‚ inhuman and‚ even mad. However‚ through further inspection; there are characteristics displayed throughout the story that can possibly prove that Emily was a dynamic character. Throughout the piece Emily changes both mentally‚ socially and physically. Miss Emily‚ the main character of this story‚ lives for many years as a recluse;
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A. Introduction Plot summary This story about a woman‚ who is called Emily. she came from a rich family .She’s elegant woman ‚but she is strange woman in the world . so anyone or people in her village could not understand about her. She doesn’t have mother but she only had a father. They lived in big house in a little village. Her father didn’t married again so he needed and love Emily very much. And didn’t want anyone take away her from him. But she wanted to have boy friends‚ because she always
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Analysis of A Rose for Emily In the short story “A Rose for Emily”‚ by William Faulkner‚ the entire town ’s fascination with Miss Emily Grierson is motivated by her of unwavering old-fashioned values. While the town of Jefferson is slowly becoming modernized following the Civil War‚ Emily and her decadent house remain the last monuments of tradition. Faulkner decided to narrate the story using a broken series of events which successfully illustrates the horrific standards in which Emily rejected change
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