Schizophrenia In William Faulkner's A Rose For Emily

A rose for Emily is a short story written by William Faulkner, who received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1949. He introduces to the reader Emely Grierson, a Southern woman who is the main protagonist of the story; who while alive struggled immensely. Emely as a child had been cut off social society by her father. She was daddy daughter as the story reflects that she was the only child. Besides, the story does not mention her mother, which mean that she only had her father. Everybody in the town respected Miss. Emily because her father was a colonel. When he dies, she refused to acknowledge his death for three days, (Faulkner 807) After the townspeople intervene and bury her father she isolated herself. In this paper, I will discuss …show more content…
Emily shows plenty of sings about her sickness. In today's world, her conduction is called schizophrenia which is a disorder that affects a person's ability to think, feel, and behave clearly. Miss Emily mostly displays schizophrenic characteristics. In the story, she first showed when she ignores a notice letter from the mayor about her taxes. According to the author she said “I have no taxes in Jefferson. Colonel Sartoris explained it to me. Perhaps one of you can gain access to the city records and satisfy yourselves.” "See Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson." "See Colonel Sartoris … I have no taxes in Jefferson. … " The same can be said in the event of her father’s death. The author says, “The day after his death all the ladies prepared to call at the house and offer condolence and aid, as is our custom. Miss Emily met them at the door, dressed as usual and with no trace of grief on her face. She told them that her father was not dead. This evidence proves that Mss. Emily was mentally ill. At that moment she was having a delusion. But how does miss Emily got this condition? According to the national intuition of health, people can get this condition by Genes and environment: Scientists have long known that schizophrenia sometimes runs in families. However, many people have schizophrenia who don’t have a family member with the disorder and conversely, many people with one or more family members with the disorder who do not develop it themselves. Scientists also think that interactions between genes and aspects of the individual’s environment are necessary for schizophrenia to develop. We all know miss Emily was not living a healthy environment. With a domineering dad, limiting her to grow as a healthy woman. Many factors lead Emily to increase her condition. As you can see miss Emily was sick, this explains her bizarre behavior and her antisocial