The Time of Emily Grierson
In this paper, the story by William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily”, I will illustrate how Emily Grierson was living in the past. Firstly, in the beginning of the story, the author’s detailed characterization foreshadowed the irony in the ending of the story. Secondly, the controlling father who made Emily’s whole life twisted after his death gave her the reason to cease time. Thirdly, the public notices and tax collections were ignored by Emily because Colonel Sartoris knew that the Grierson’s family owes no taxes in Jefferson. Fourthly, her affection and desire to possess Homer that leads him to his death. Finally, the story that started the end of Miss Emily Grierson life unfolds and it suggests Emily’s relentless …show more content…
To some, old folks and ladies would say that Emily would not fall for Northerner man and as for the other folks thought she was still in grieving her father’s death and should be cautious in her moral position in society. This, however, was the assumption of the people who would look at Emily and Homer together and all they would say was to pity her because Homer Baron on the other hand was a black man, a laborer, no class at all, and likes to go out with the men and get drunk at the Elk club. Floyd Watkins implied that “the South and the North” and “the traditional and the traditionless” emphasized how these details are important towards in analyzing Emily’s life story ended in such way. For instance, when the town people found out that Emily bought arsenic poison at the pharmacy, they assumed that she would kill herself because Homer was not the marrying type, yet they saw Emily bought a silver toilet set and an outfit for men assuming that Emily Grierson and Homer Baron were getting married. There was no progress of events and have not seen Homer since as the years past and new generations came. The town people found Emily dead in one of the room downstairs “filled with dust and shadow” (Faulkner 36). The skeletal body of Homer Baron lay as if he were sleeping, dressed in his nightshirt, and covered in dust on the second floor bedroom. The room furnished where the man’s toilet things with tarnished silver found on the dresser, a suit carefully folded, hung on a chair, and a pair of shoes and socks beneath it. There was an indentation of a head and a long strand of iron gray hair found on the second pillow besides Homer’s body. These eerie scenes suggested that in perpetuity was the ultimate way to make Baron
In this paper, the story by William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily”, I will illustrate how Emily Grierson was living in the past. Firstly, in the beginning of the story, the author’s detailed characterization foreshadowed the irony in the ending of the story. Secondly, the controlling father who made Emily’s whole life twisted after his death gave her the reason to cease time. Thirdly, the public notices and tax collections were ignored by Emily because Colonel Sartoris knew that the Grierson’s family owes no taxes in Jefferson. Fourthly, her affection and desire to possess Homer that leads him to his death. Finally, the story that started the end of Miss Emily Grierson life unfolds and it suggests Emily’s relentless …show more content…
To some, old folks and ladies would say that Emily would not fall for Northerner man and as for the other folks thought she was still in grieving her father’s death and should be cautious in her moral position in society. This, however, was the assumption of the people who would look at Emily and Homer together and all they would say was to pity her because Homer Baron on the other hand was a black man, a laborer, no class at all, and likes to go out with the men and get drunk at the Elk club. Floyd Watkins implied that “the South and the North” and “the traditional and the traditionless” emphasized how these details are important towards in analyzing Emily’s life story ended in such way. For instance, when the town people found out that Emily bought arsenic poison at the pharmacy, they assumed that she would kill herself because Homer was not the marrying type, yet they saw Emily bought a silver toilet set and an outfit for men assuming that Emily Grierson and Homer Baron were getting married. There was no progress of events and have not seen Homer since as the years past and new generations came. The town people found Emily dead in one of the room downstairs “filled with dust and shadow” (Faulkner 36). The skeletal body of Homer Baron lay as if he were sleeping, dressed in his nightshirt, and covered in dust on the second floor bedroom. The room furnished where the man’s toilet things with tarnished silver found on the dresser, a suit carefully folded, hung on a chair, and a pair of shoes and socks beneath it. There was an indentation of a head and a long strand of iron gray hair found on the second pillow besides Homer’s body. These eerie scenes suggested that in perpetuity was the ultimate way to make Baron