William Faulkner's Use of Characterization in A Rose for Emily
In a quote by Margaret Atwood “people are individuals. Yes, they may be expected to be a particular way. But that does not mean they are going to be that way”. William Faulkner in his story A Rose for Emily he very carefully pieces his main character limitations using layers of carefully placed details. That are described through a variety of narrators that vividly describe her as being large scale and also like a tree crumbling. He also shows an unwillingness to change from his characters. The character Miss. Emily Grierson is a prime example of this since she exhibits all of these aspects through her actions and the way the people of the town look up to her. To successfully show all of these aspects William Faulkner's style of characterization is exhibited commonly throughout his story's these methods he uses are the use of a variety of his narrators, his comparison of …show more content…
The use of different narrators through the story show a character through the story shows a character through many different eyes and opinions giving the characters more depth. This is showed from the younger generation that has no reason to look up and respect Emily she meant very little to them but the older generation had looked upon her as “a tradition a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation” (Beers and Odell 720). The variety of narrators is exhibited in a way to show gossiping “the details of Emily Grierson’s life have been passed to him by a sloppy bucket-brigade of gossip” (Wallace 106). These many details show miss Emily from many perspectives giving depth to her character as the people gossip about her past life. This method Faulkner uses of multiple narrators gave a new depth to his main character that can be hard to fathom from the first read; because, this lets us get on deeper look on the character so she can be seen
In a quote by Margaret Atwood “people are individuals. Yes, they may be expected to be a particular way. But that does not mean they are going to be that way”. William Faulkner in his story A Rose for Emily he very carefully pieces his main character limitations using layers of carefully placed details. That are described through a variety of narrators that vividly describe her as being large scale and also like a tree crumbling. He also shows an unwillingness to change from his characters. The character Miss. Emily Grierson is a prime example of this since she exhibits all of these aspects through her actions and the way the people of the town look up to her. To successfully show all of these aspects William Faulkner's style of characterization is exhibited commonly throughout his story's these methods he uses are the use of a variety of his narrators, his comparison of …show more content…
The use of different narrators through the story show a character through the story shows a character through many different eyes and opinions giving the characters more depth. This is showed from the younger generation that has no reason to look up and respect Emily she meant very little to them but the older generation had looked upon her as “a tradition a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation” (Beers and Odell 720). The variety of narrators is exhibited in a way to show gossiping “the details of Emily Grierson’s life have been passed to him by a sloppy bucket-brigade of gossip” (Wallace 106). These many details show miss Emily from many perspectives giving depth to her character as the people gossip about her past life. This method Faulkner uses of multiple narrators gave a new depth to his main character that can be hard to fathom from the first read; because, this lets us get on deeper look on the character so she can be seen