“Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town, dating from that day in 1894…” (Faulkner). A Rose for Emily conveys multiple uses of criticism. As I read through the story Emily I can came to terms that she had a hard time dealing with the loss of her father and the denial of the man she loved dearly. Because Emily’s emotional struggles were so affective to her his caused her to be the talk of the town. By focusing on the different strategies of the criticism readers can infer the reasoning behind Emily’s actions. Using reader response criticism, the reader can analyze William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily through Sociology, Action, and Mystery meanings.
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William Faulkner uses secret meaning when quoted, “…and her hair was turning gray. During the next few years it grew grayer and grayer until it attained an even pepper-and-salt iron- gray… Up to the day of her death at seventy-four it was still that vigorous iron-gray” (Faulkner). By placing emphasis on the characters graying hair, William is hinting a mysterious meaning behind just hair, readers can infer that Miss Emily’s hair must have significance in the story, and in the end the hair’s significance is that it helped identify the killer of Homer Brown. The poison was a clue to the fact that Miss Emily was planning a killing, and the gray hair that was found next to Homer Brown indicates that Miss Emily was the murderer. We also find another hidden message as we about the death of her father and the rejection of the man she thought she was going to spend the rest of her life with, leading Miss Emily to desperation. Lots of people started to feel bad for her and began to question her actions, mainly because she would say “I want some poison…I want the best you have. I don’t care what kind…I want arsenic” (Faulkner). Miss Emily’s desire for poison informs readers that there is a mysterious meaning behind the poison; its obvious Miss Emily wanted arsenic because she was craving the need to kill. Therefore, by using the hidden and secret meanings readers can conclude the end
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William Faulkner uses secret meaning when quoted, “…and her hair was turning gray. During the next few years it grew grayer and grayer until it attained an even pepper-and-salt iron- gray… Up to the day of her death at seventy-four it was still that vigorous iron-gray” (Faulkner). By placing emphasis on the characters graying hair, William is hinting a mysterious meaning behind just hair, readers can infer that Miss Emily’s hair must have significance in the story, and in the end the hair’s significance is that it helped identify the killer of Homer Brown. The poison was a clue to the fact that Miss Emily was planning a killing, and the gray hair that was found next to Homer Brown indicates that Miss Emily was the murderer. We also find another hidden message as we about the death of her father and the rejection of the man she thought she was going to spend the rest of her life with, leading Miss Emily to desperation. Lots of people started to feel bad for her and began to question her actions, mainly because she would say “I want some poison…I want the best you have. I don’t care what kind…I want arsenic” (Faulkner). Miss Emily’s desire for poison informs readers that there is a mysterious meaning behind the poison; its obvious Miss Emily wanted arsenic because she was craving the need to kill. Therefore, by using the hidden and secret meanings readers can conclude the end