The Exorcism of Emily Rose

arising from loss of comfort and dependency can lead to absolute confinement as noted in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily.” Miss Emily Grierson has established an aristocratic status throughout the years her father was alive. In her father’s eyes no man was good enough for her. Emily’s father was the culprit of her isolation. The alienation from society built a barrier that prevented Emily from finding a lover and escaping isolation once her father died. Faulkner uses descriptive words and…

real. “Real” events such as murders, massacres and even the spiritual dark side. The moment we realize that what happened is possible, the content immediately becomes more terrifying than what we believe to be fictional and unrealistic. “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”, a famous horror film by Scott Derrickson, released in 2005 that put the fear of god into…