The passage expresses extensive methods of characterization of Miss Emily Grierson through the view of the townspeople, meticulous repetition to add emphasis throughout the passage as well as the story, and chronological ordering to delay and extend the judgement of Miss Emilys character. Intertwined with Gothic elements to initially formulate and explain the disturbing past.
William Faulkner uses the view of the townspeople to examine and view the protagonist from the story “A Rose for Emily,”. Emily Grierson has denied contact with the outside society until two gentlemen come to collect her the taxes that she owed in Jefferson. Taking to account that “people hardly saw her at all,” (147) she is first characterized fully by the gentlemen …show more content…
The townspeople observed obsessively over Miss Emilys actions and behaviour, for every decision she made, they always responded with, “Poor Emily” (148). After years of isolation, Miss Emily’s appearance changed drastically from what the townspeople once resembled her “to those angels in coloured church windows” (148) to the gentlemen now describing “her eyes, lost in the fatty ridges of her face, looked like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough.” (146) Miss Emily’s appearance gave note to the poor effort towards herself and her home reflected the same idea since the hallways “smelled of dust and disuse.” (146) Her personality was just as unwelcoming as portrayed in the passage since “She did not ask them [The gentlemen] to sit,” (146) conventionally, lacking proper etiquette and adding to the common belief between the townspeople “that the Giersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were.” Faulkner also provides vital comparisons from other parts of the story of what kind of obligations Southern, white societies have placed upon each individual; for instance, the townspeople suggested “none of the young men were good enough for Miss Emily.” Thus, by the time she reached thirty and was not married like all the other women were, the towns people “were not pleased.” (147) Miss Emily was …show more content…
By simply repeating “I have no taxes in Jefferson,” (146) Emily dodges the duty of paying the taxes and vanquishes them, avoiding the situation all together. The same scenario was shown when buying the arsenic poisoning in part three from the druggist, as soon as he starts questioning the purpose of the poison, she repeats the demand for arsenic and “stared at him ... until he looked away and went and got the arsenic.” (149) Thus, proving the usefulness of repetition in various ways for both Faulkner and Miss Emily within the
William Faulkner uses the view of the townspeople to examine and view the protagonist from the story “A Rose for Emily,”. Emily Grierson has denied contact with the outside society until two gentlemen come to collect her the taxes that she owed in Jefferson. Taking to account that “people hardly saw her at all,” (147) she is first characterized fully by the gentlemen …show more content…
The townspeople observed obsessively over Miss Emilys actions and behaviour, for every decision she made, they always responded with, “Poor Emily” (148). After years of isolation, Miss Emily’s appearance changed drastically from what the townspeople once resembled her “to those angels in coloured church windows” (148) to the gentlemen now describing “her eyes, lost in the fatty ridges of her face, looked like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough.” (146) Miss Emily’s appearance gave note to the poor effort towards herself and her home reflected the same idea since the hallways “smelled of dust and disuse.” (146) Her personality was just as unwelcoming as portrayed in the passage since “She did not ask them [The gentlemen] to sit,” (146) conventionally, lacking proper etiquette and adding to the common belief between the townspeople “that the Giersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were.” Faulkner also provides vital comparisons from other parts of the story of what kind of obligations Southern, white societies have placed upon each individual; for instance, the townspeople suggested “none of the young men were good enough for Miss Emily.” Thus, by the time she reached thirty and was not married like all the other women were, the towns people “were not pleased.” (147) Miss Emily was …show more content…
By simply repeating “I have no taxes in Jefferson,” (146) Emily dodges the duty of paying the taxes and vanquishes them, avoiding the situation all together. The same scenario was shown when buying the arsenic poisoning in part three from the druggist, as soon as he starts questioning the purpose of the poison, she repeats the demand for arsenic and “stared at him ... until he looked away and went and got the arsenic.” (149) Thus, proving the usefulness of repetition in various ways for both Faulkner and Miss Emily within the