Warren Ellis once stated ,“If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?”, this is very true. The majority of our thoughts and ideas are actually our societies, subconsciously shaping and influencing our personalities and behavior. One example of this is a short story by William Faulkner entitled “A Rose for Emily”. The story is by far his most famous writing about a woman named Emily Grierson who is struggling to have a grip on reality and cope with the sick society that she lives in. Emily resides in a gothic mansion in Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, 1861-1933. This southern setting plays a massive role in understanding the reasoning and development of the
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Faulkner’s use of the southern setting develops Emily’s character by molding her personality, influencing her actions, and affecting her behavior.
The southern setting that Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily”, takes place in is very important to the molding of Emily’s personality. The town that she lives in symbolizes the society that she is living in. According to Binder,” The reader finds descriptions of decay in the slow degrading of the town, Emily’s inherited home, and even in the aging of Emily herself”(5). Emily’s personality is unique in her own way, simply from the time and place in which she grew up. Faulkner says in his story “Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town”(Beers and Odell 720). She was an important figure in the town, she was born into a wealthy family and that influenced her personality by changing how she saw the world. She thought she could do whatever she wanted, and she
Faulkner’s use of the southern setting develops Emily’s character by molding her personality, influencing her actions, and affecting her behavior.
The southern setting that Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily”, takes place in is very important to the molding of Emily’s personality. The town that she lives in symbolizes the society that she is living in. According to Binder,” The reader finds descriptions of decay in the slow degrading of the town, Emily’s inherited home, and even in the aging of Emily herself”(5). Emily’s personality is unique in her own way, simply from the time and place in which she grew up. Faulkner says in his story “Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town”(Beers and Odell 720). She was an important figure in the town, she was born into a wealthy family and that influenced her personality by changing how she saw the world. She thought she could do whatever she wanted, and she