For Emily

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner was published in the year 1930 (Wikipedia). Although some readers might say that Emily Grierson, the main character of “A Rose for Emily” was in control of her life, and she led herself through what made her feel happy, she was actually a terrifying person who lived a violent life herself. Emily Grierson was one of the Southern town’s old women who received respect from the townspeople, which explains that she was one of the well to do families in her town “Jefferson.” Southern women are friendly, welcoming, and they usually neatly decorate their houses with flowers. Nevertheless, Emily acted like a Southern gothic by doing the exact opposite. She was also a daughter of a control freak, who strongly believed that no guy was worthy of her. Her father was an overprotective person. He had no one, but Emily. When he died, she had become a lonely person with a thirsty soul clung to the past and did not want to move forward. Even though this description of Emily makes us feel sympathetic for her situation, our readers will realize by the end of the story that she is a terrible person by choice. Emily’s father was a watchful…

While we were perusing in English class a short story on "A rose for Emily" in Chapter 1 of William Faulkner 's A Rose for Emily, as we read we discovered a couple data about Miss Emily, she originates from an effective and very much regarded family which was started from the south and through time they have lost their notoriety and their energy because of family matters and issues, it was said that miss Emily relatives were distraught and it was past down to era to era until it contacted her.…

Throughout the span of this course we have read a wide variety of stories, many of them containing the theme of love. Love is feeling a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone. Everybody knows what it is like to love someone if it being a family member, a significant other, yourself, or even a pet. With most of the stories there were more than one instance where love was presented. There are so many ways to think about a situation and more times than not you can rule there is a certain…

Change is imperative to an individual and society for a healthy growth. Although human beings are reluctant to accept 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…

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…

Ms. Emily Grierson was the last member of here aristocratic Southern family. She was raised by her widowed father whom always denied her a suitor. Mr. Grierson 's death isolating her further from the community. The only person to ever leave the house was a lonely servant named Toby. That is, until Homer Barron; a northern laborer comes to town. Despite having a lower social standing than herself, Emily took an interest in Homer. The townsfolk had still felt bad for Emily, whispering "poor Emily"…

The Hidden Motive: “A Rose for Emily” Faulkner’s story of a daughter who was born into wealth in the deep South, “A Rose for Emily” leaves the reader with the impression that no one will ever know if the meaning of the story directly relates to the motive for the murder of Homer Barron. Faulkner’s use of first person plural narration, left the reader in suspense with a need to be the detective in the case of the noble women who murdered her lover. Since Tobe, the servant, ran off as soon as…

Deconstruction of Emily Grierson In “A Rose for Emily”, Emily Grierson is presented as a matriarchal spinster whose self imposed isolation is of the upmost curiosity to the townspeople. She is a person who has stood the test of time in this neighborhood, the one constant in an ever changing world. Her character serves as an idol of sorts, the physical embodiment of everything the community once stood for, and now has lost. The story opens on her funeral, thereby beginning where we end, and…

when would one start to question tradition, or even alter it in some way? Modernity is always based off of tradition no matter what is being modernized. In William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily, the main character Emily Grierson lives her entire life and style the exact same way from the beginning of it to the end. The story alternates through different eras of time spanning between forty years and despite the settings of it changing, Emily’s way of life never changes one bit. She sticks to her…

In the story "A Rose for Emily", the author, William Faulkner, portrays Emily as a mysterious older lady, which is unusual. In most people 's idea of an older woman, everyone knows what is going on with her; she talks about her grandchildren and pays her bills. Emily Grierson was not like that at all. She was, in fact, the complete opposite. She was traditional, stubborn, overly adoring over subjects that could easily be solved a different way. Emily Grierson lives in traditional ways. She felt…