William Faulkner presents a short story located in a small town in the deep south. The details about the setting provided me with an understanding of the upbringing that embraced the values and beliefs of the characters, with imaginary actions and reactions of Emily and the rest of the town, that changed the tone of the story. Passing on the extremes of isolation that is both physical and emotional. A process that shows the human life isolated from their families, community, habit, past, because of their own actions and choices.
Emily, who lived alone except for her single servant. The story revealed Emily’s actions ranging from odd to irrational, nonetheless is the part of understanding a setting that keeps the story substantial. She was …show more content…
At some point, things take a turn for the worse and Emily shows up at the drugstore looking for poison. When Emily bought arsenic, the town thought of her she was going to commit suicide. Even when she continued to live they never even imagined that the arsenic could be tied to her missing suitor. They continued to view her through rose-colored glasses. The rose given to Emily wasn't a flower, but as a replacement was a rose in the form of rose colored glasses. Basically, failing to notice negative things. Consequently, even when strange smells started coming from her house because of a decaying body, it was discovered they sneaked up to her house and surrounded it with lime to hide the smell. The decaying body smell was Homer. In her mind, she poisoned a disrespectful Homer, because he was threatening to leave. When she killed him, she kept his dead body in the house and slept next to him. She does what she feels necessary in retort to the pressure placed on her by the town. She is still trying to maintain the role of the southern women, dignified and proper while struggling with all the other issues in her life and dealing with the mental illness that is said to run in her family. She is also not accepting of the changing times and refuses to
Emily, who lived alone except for her single servant. The story revealed Emily’s actions ranging from odd to irrational, nonetheless is the part of understanding a setting that keeps the story substantial. She was …show more content…
At some point, things take a turn for the worse and Emily shows up at the drugstore looking for poison. When Emily bought arsenic, the town thought of her she was going to commit suicide. Even when she continued to live they never even imagined that the arsenic could be tied to her missing suitor. They continued to view her through rose-colored glasses. The rose given to Emily wasn't a flower, but as a replacement was a rose in the form of rose colored glasses. Basically, failing to notice negative things. Consequently, even when strange smells started coming from her house because of a decaying body, it was discovered they sneaked up to her house and surrounded it with lime to hide the smell. The decaying body smell was Homer. In her mind, she poisoned a disrespectful Homer, because he was threatening to leave. When she killed him, she kept his dead body in the house and slept next to him. She does what she feels necessary in retort to the pressure placed on her by the town. She is still trying to maintain the role of the southern women, dignified and proper while struggling with all the other issues in her life and dealing with the mental illness that is said to run in her family. She is also not accepting of the changing times and refuses to