In the 1930’s the women’s role in the south had certain expectations they had to follow. They would live with their family till they married or live with their family till the parents are dead. When they marry they have to take care of their children and keep up with the house. During the war women had to step up and get jobs to support their family while the men were off fighting. A Rose for Emily takes place after World War II. Women who had no family had every right to go get a job and make money. They could go out and have social gatherings because they did not have a family to take care of. Now, if they were married they had little say in what they do. Emily was not married. Why did she not go out and find someone to be happy with while
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Emily, however, uses this stereotype to gain power over those who place her in this role. Emily’s power over the town is proven not only exempt from paying taxes in Jefferson, but she gets away with murder. Fetterley says that Emily was a women that was judged by the image she had. She had no say in what she wanted and that everyone assumed the worst. She says, “A Rose for Emily is the story of a lady and her revenge for that grotesque identity” (Fetterley 531). Emily had to live up to her father standards because he was in the army as a higher up. Fetterley mentions that her father dressed her in white and shoved her to the background. She felt as if killing Homer was what she had to do because she was held to high standards. Fetterley says that the town’s people said she could not smell because she is a lady. She states that she had shut the cultural gap between men and women so she held onto homer. From a feminist perspective, Fetterley seems to contradict herself. She says the things that the community says about her is all because she is a lady but Fetterley says that the things she did is okay because she is a lady. Which in
Emily, however, uses this stereotype to gain power over those who place her in this role. Emily’s power over the town is proven not only exempt from paying taxes in Jefferson, but she gets away with murder. Fetterley says that Emily was a women that was judged by the image she had. She had no say in what she wanted and that everyone assumed the worst. She says, “A Rose for Emily is the story of a lady and her revenge for that grotesque identity” (Fetterley 531). Emily had to live up to her father standards because he was in the army as a higher up. Fetterley mentions that her father dressed her in white and shoved her to the background. She felt as if killing Homer was what she had to do because she was held to high standards. Fetterley says that the town’s people said she could not smell because she is a lady. She states that she had shut the cultural gap between men and women so she held onto homer. From a feminist perspective, Fetterley seems to contradict herself. She says the things that the community says about her is all because she is a lady but Fetterley says that the things she did is okay because she is a lady. Which in