1) What is the significance of the title?
I believe the title was chosen to signify beauty that should be given to emily because of the tragic life she lived devastated by circumstance. Throughout emily’s existence her father constantly denied her the life she wanted- to have a normal lifestyle, be married, have a family and more- by keeping suitors away and hiding her from society, in result emily was refused a life that was rightfully hers. Therefor the rose for Emily represents a rose given for sympathy symbolizing the beautiful and happy life that she deserved but was denied.
2) Whose POV is the story told from? How is that important to the story? …show more content…
Although the story never reveals who exactly the narrator is, we see that the narrator does not only speak for him or herself but mostly for the community and people of Jefferson throughout the generations during Emily’s life. We can tell because he or she uses “we” instead of “I” to convey the reactions of the townspeople to Emily’s life and actions. This is important to the story because telling the story from a townsperson point of view allows the readers to have to infer things about the story using their imagination because we are not aware of anything Ms. Emily is actually thinking or doing. This heightens the effect of the climax of the story as we find out the shocking truth without having been able to predict fully because of the lack of insight into emily’s mind. It is also important that we are able to see the events through the eyes of a normal person instead of through the eyes of Emily whose mind was
I believe the title was chosen to signify beauty that should be given to emily because of the tragic life she lived devastated by circumstance. Throughout emily’s existence her father constantly denied her the life she wanted- to have a normal lifestyle, be married, have a family and more- by keeping suitors away and hiding her from society, in result emily was refused a life that was rightfully hers. Therefor the rose for Emily represents a rose given for sympathy symbolizing the beautiful and happy life that she deserved but was denied.
2) Whose POV is the story told from? How is that important to the story? …show more content…
Although the story never reveals who exactly the narrator is, we see that the narrator does not only speak for him or herself but mostly for the community and people of Jefferson throughout the generations during Emily’s life. We can tell because he or she uses “we” instead of “I” to convey the reactions of the townspeople to Emily’s life and actions. This is important to the story because telling the story from a townsperson point of view allows the readers to have to infer things about the story using their imagination because we are not aware of anything Ms. Emily is actually thinking or doing. This heightens the effect of the climax of the story as we find out the shocking truth without having been able to predict fully because of the lack of insight into emily’s mind. It is also important that we are able to see the events through the eyes of a normal person instead of through the eyes of Emily whose mind was