William Faulkner is a man who has written drastically complex works and is renowned around the world. His major works include The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, written in the 18th century. Faulkner was a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for his novel writing as well as two Pulitzer prizes and National Book Awards. Additionally, he received his education from the University of Mississippi.
The film A Rose for Emily directed by Lyndon Chubbuck is based upon William Faulkner’s short story written in 1930. The film exhibits the experiences of Emily ‘Miss Emily’ Grierson as she grieves the death of her father and deals with the extensive process of surviving loss in a multitude of ways. Faulkner details how following the crowd can …show more content…
To start, the house inhabited by Miss Emily, Tobe, and eventually Homer is representative of the wealth and stature that permeated the society they were in. The massive and once coveted house eventually faded from its glory, along with the Grierson name. The Grierson family once fit in and was honored by the town, but they walked the same path as many others and the outcome was heart shattering. What once appeared as a well kept and known household eventually degraded into a place marked with death and devastation. It showed the town that envying the popular way of wealth and stature could not always play out in a good …show more content…
First of all, Faulkner unleashes irony in the title of his work itself. A Rose for Emily implies that Emily would at some point recieve genuine compassion or affection through a rose or a token of appreciation, yet throughout the explanation of her life she receives the opposite of authentic love and understanding. There is a definite stigma around Emily. The townspeople will not interact with her directly, and she shut herself off from everyone. Yet, she remains in the public eye and is treated as a museum exhibit. The irony of their obsession and refraining from interaction is so definite. Emily lived in isolation. If she had allowed any of them into her life, and any of them broke the mold by reaching out to her, there is a massive chance that her life story would be told with much brighter colors. She eventually let Homer into her life, but he ended up dead and she couldn’t let go of him. If she had let anyone else into her life that had gone out of their way to walk a new path and treat her compassionately, Emily’s life very well could have gone a lot
The film A Rose for Emily directed by Lyndon Chubbuck is based upon William Faulkner’s short story written in 1930. The film exhibits the experiences of Emily ‘Miss Emily’ Grierson as she grieves the death of her father and deals with the extensive process of surviving loss in a multitude of ways. Faulkner details how following the crowd can …show more content…
To start, the house inhabited by Miss Emily, Tobe, and eventually Homer is representative of the wealth and stature that permeated the society they were in. The massive and once coveted house eventually faded from its glory, along with the Grierson name. The Grierson family once fit in and was honored by the town, but they walked the same path as many others and the outcome was heart shattering. What once appeared as a well kept and known household eventually degraded into a place marked with death and devastation. It showed the town that envying the popular way of wealth and stature could not always play out in a good …show more content…
First of all, Faulkner unleashes irony in the title of his work itself. A Rose for Emily implies that Emily would at some point recieve genuine compassion or affection through a rose or a token of appreciation, yet throughout the explanation of her life she receives the opposite of authentic love and understanding. There is a definite stigma around Emily. The townspeople will not interact with her directly, and she shut herself off from everyone. Yet, she remains in the public eye and is treated as a museum exhibit. The irony of their obsession and refraining from interaction is so definite. Emily lived in isolation. If she had allowed any of them into her life, and any of them broke the mold by reaching out to her, there is a massive chance that her life story would be told with much brighter colors. She eventually let Homer into her life, but he ended up dead and she couldn’t let go of him. If she had let anyone else into her life that had gone out of their way to walk a new path and treat her compassionately, Emily’s life very well could have gone a lot