Violence rooted from the deepest relationships can be drawn back only to the idea of internal and physical entrapment. Richard Matheson’s “Prey”, William Faulkner's “A Rose for Emily”, and Horacio Quiroga’s “The Feather Pillow” all have the universal moral that the violence, sometimes emotional more than physical, can only be procured from any feeling of entrapment. Violence in the short story “Prey” prevails throughout the entire story. It is seen that the monster that posses the young protagonist has more of a symbolic relationship with her rather than a demonic presence accumulating innocence. The repeated phrase “He who kills… is a deadly hunter” is commonly used by the monstrous being yet during the conclusion of the story, the main
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Rose from Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”, was shunned by the community she resided in due to the mental history of her late relatives. It is seen that “after her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all” (Faulkner 2). From the passing of all those important in her life, Rose felt isolated not only from them but also from the gossiping town. This goes to show that the town only added the fire to the roaring flame which was her seclusion. After her death, the townspeople inspected her house and found the body of her lover. She could not have him leave her, as he was planning to; therefore, she killed him. But the most violent out of it was “the body apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace” and based on the townspeople's further inspections “[they] noticed that, in the second pillow, there was an indention of a head” (Faulkner 6). It can be observed and implied that Rose slept next to the body of her murdered lover over the many years of his death. This violent course of action can most certainly be caused by the seclusion and fear of loneliness in totality felt by Rose over the course of her life. The entrapment from isolation allowed for a psychological demon to possess her, similar although not tangible to the monster from “Prey” or “The Feathered
Rose from Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”, was shunned by the community she resided in due to the mental history of her late relatives. It is seen that “after her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all” (Faulkner 2). From the passing of all those important in her life, Rose felt isolated not only from them but also from the gossiping town. This goes to show that the town only added the fire to the roaring flame which was her seclusion. After her death, the townspeople inspected her house and found the body of her lover. She could not have him leave her, as he was planning to; therefore, she killed him. But the most violent out of it was “the body apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace” and based on the townspeople's further inspections “[they] noticed that, in the second pillow, there was an indention of a head” (Faulkner 6). It can be observed and implied that Rose slept next to the body of her murdered lover over the many years of his death. This violent course of action can most certainly be caused by the seclusion and fear of loneliness in totality felt by Rose over the course of her life. The entrapment from isolation allowed for a psychological demon to possess her, similar although not tangible to the monster from “Prey” or “The Feathered