Suspense of Death
These two authors, Zora Hurston and William Faulkner channel different cultural and ethnic backgrounds in the stories “Sweat” and “A Rose for Emily”. They both where written between the 1800-1900s.They seem to take you through different experiences which were acted out during that time, all while giving some of the same meanings and connection through symbolism. There are feelings being touched both in a negative and positive way, but there are also consequences to every action especially when it involves a woman.
Hurston opens her short story with a setting of a Sunday night in Florida. She immediately draws our attention to Delia Jones. She briefly describes Jones as a washwoman who was trying to get a head start on her …show more content…
She hears Sykes inside rumbling with the snake. The blind falls off the window. Delia sees everything and becomes sick from the sight. She leaves the window and hears Sykes call for her “in a most despairing tone as one who expected no answer”. This lets the reader know that Sykes knew that he had gotten in over his head. Delia finally reached the door and saw Sykes neck was swollen and his one eye was open. Delia leaves and sits under the tree where she waited in the heat, “while the cold river was creeping up and up”. Then the snake finally presented itself as evil, sin, and finally death.
William Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily” is a totally different culture, but still present some of the same pain, such as death. The narrator takes us first to the funeral of our main character, Miss Emily Grierson. She was a referred to a “fallen monument”. This reference helps us know that she was someone important, with some value. The narrator starts to explain the life of Miss Emily Grierson. Faulkner takes us to a flashback all before Miss Emily’s …show more content…
They figured Miss Emily would have convinced him to marry her but Homer had already stated that he liked men. Miss Emily has the town finally thinking they were married. She went to the jeweler’s and ordered a man’s toilet with H.B. engraved. She also purchased a complete outfit of men’s clothing including a nightshirt. Faulkner through off the reader, being that Homer was gay. Faulkner takes us back to the funeral for Miss Emily. The town was so curious to go into her house. There was one room that no one had seen in 40 years. The finally decided to see what was there that Miss Emily was hiding. They entered and saw the room as if “furnished for a bridal”. They see the body of Homer Barron and all of the things she had purchased for what they thought was for a wedding. William gives us these clues from the phrase “what was left of him, rotted the beneath what was left of the nightshirt”. They all noticed a “long strand of iron-gray hair” next to the pillow next to him. This symbol goes back to Miss Emily knowing that her hair was iron gray, we can assume that she had once laid next to him. Death had finally shown its face and the “smell” was finally
These two authors, Zora Hurston and William Faulkner channel different cultural and ethnic backgrounds in the stories “Sweat” and “A Rose for Emily”. They both where written between the 1800-1900s.They seem to take you through different experiences which were acted out during that time, all while giving some of the same meanings and connection through symbolism. There are feelings being touched both in a negative and positive way, but there are also consequences to every action especially when it involves a woman.
Hurston opens her short story with a setting of a Sunday night in Florida. She immediately draws our attention to Delia Jones. She briefly describes Jones as a washwoman who was trying to get a head start on her …show more content…
She hears Sykes inside rumbling with the snake. The blind falls off the window. Delia sees everything and becomes sick from the sight. She leaves the window and hears Sykes call for her “in a most despairing tone as one who expected no answer”. This lets the reader know that Sykes knew that he had gotten in over his head. Delia finally reached the door and saw Sykes neck was swollen and his one eye was open. Delia leaves and sits under the tree where she waited in the heat, “while the cold river was creeping up and up”. Then the snake finally presented itself as evil, sin, and finally death.
William Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily” is a totally different culture, but still present some of the same pain, such as death. The narrator takes us first to the funeral of our main character, Miss Emily Grierson. She was a referred to a “fallen monument”. This reference helps us know that she was someone important, with some value. The narrator starts to explain the life of Miss Emily Grierson. Faulkner takes us to a flashback all before Miss Emily’s …show more content…
They figured Miss Emily would have convinced him to marry her but Homer had already stated that he liked men. Miss Emily has the town finally thinking they were married. She went to the jeweler’s and ordered a man’s toilet with H.B. engraved. She also purchased a complete outfit of men’s clothing including a nightshirt. Faulkner through off the reader, being that Homer was gay. Faulkner takes us back to the funeral for Miss Emily. The town was so curious to go into her house. There was one room that no one had seen in 40 years. The finally decided to see what was there that Miss Emily was hiding. They entered and saw the room as if “furnished for a bridal”. They see the body of Homer Barron and all of the things she had purchased for what they thought was for a wedding. William gives us these clues from the phrase “what was left of him, rotted the beneath what was left of the nightshirt”. They all noticed a “long strand of iron-gray hair” next to the pillow next to him. This symbol goes back to Miss Emily knowing that her hair was iron gray, we can assume that she had once laid next to him. Death had finally shown its face and the “smell” was finally