A Rose for Emily

In “A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner most often uses first-person plural perspective to make the reader feel like a part of the story. The frequent use of “we” also allows the narrator to describe the story’s events as if from the perspective of the entire town. Based on evidence from the text, the narrator appears to be a man. Throughout the story, they give bits of gossip from the townspeople or things the townspeople have done. While doing this, the narrator frequently uses “the…

The story, A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, is divided into five different sections which tell the happenings of Emily up to her death. The first section of the story begins by telling the readers about the death of Emily Grierson. Also about how the almost the entire town showed up to her funeral, which took place at her home. This section also mentioned that no one had stepped foot in her house for over ten years, for the exception of the servant. Colonel Sartoris put off all of Emily’s…

"In A Rose for Emily," Emily is essentially a hermit, rarely seen outside of her house. Yet, many in the community attempt to assimilate her into modern society. For example, the "next generation, with its more modern ideas," insists she begin paying taxes and later attempt to put house numbers on her home. She rejects all these attempts by refusing to acknowledge them, and the community repeatedly backs down. Even when they effectively deal with the problems associated with Emily, such as the…

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…

new norms or traditions, this process of adaptation leads to a unify society. In “A Rose for Emily,” William Faulkner uses setting, characterization, and symbolism to demonstrate the struggles of a women who was caged within her inner turmoil. The story takes place in the town of Jefferson in the early 1900s where there were many changes that were occurring within the community and a society as a whole. Miss Emily Grierson is very delusional and reluctant about change. The town is heading in a…

In the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, Miss Emily and Tobe are both very isolated charters. I believe that Tobe is more isolated throughout the story then Miss Emily is. In the story no one really knows who Tobe is other than the fact that he is a gardener and cook for Miss Emily. Although, Tobe escorts people in and out of Miss Emily’s home and goes shopping for her he never talks in this story not even one. We as the reader’s don’t even know where he disappears to at the…

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner In William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily,” he builds up terror and suspense to the end where he then reveals that the protagonist, Emily, poisoned her lover and had been sleeping and cuddling his corpse for more than forty years. What Faulkner has illustrated here is called necrophilia, which is the erotic attraction to corpses. This here is an example of the gothic genre, which is a combination of horror and romance. In the story, the…

What intrigued me about William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” was the characterization of Emily, specifically concerning the importance of isolation and family. The progression of Emily, as she became further reclusive, was both interesting to read and analyze. Most readers disregarded the father in the story, but I saw his significance and lasting effect. Emily’s father drove away suitors as he believed they were not good enough for his daughter, which may have caused her to snap. Faulkner…

A Rose for Emily “A Rose for Emily” is a story about a lonely woman named Emily Grierson, it discusses the many events that took place throughout her life when her father passed away until the day she passes, the only reason anyone is interested in coming to her funeral is because they are curious as to what secrets Emily has kept locked away all those years she was hiding from the public eye. The story then goes on to foreshadow the life of Emily before she had passed, it starts with the…

A.) My immediate reaction to A Rose for Emily was positive. I liked the episodic approach. It gave a better way to give background information of the characters and situations. For example, section two, it brings the story back thirty years. “So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before the smell” (DiYanni 80). I found this interesting because not many stories incorporate this type of approach. I did not find A Worn Path very interesting,…