A Rose For Emily By William Faulkner

Viewed by the people in her town as a monument and a tradition of the town, Miss Emily represents the past way of living trying to stand firm in an ear changing society. While she is seen as a statuesque figure the townspeople still do not understand her and they show pity towards her, little did they know what she was hiding in her home. Miss Emily grew up in a rich family, she was raised at a higher standard than others and her home is described as a large plantation home that once stood for wealth and power, but now is seen as a dilapidated and an eye sore. Emily experienced great loss when her father passed away and even kept his body for three days after he passed, which no one

When Emily finally did find a husband that seemed to match her high standards, she disappeared, “but for almost six months she did not appear on the streets. Then we knew that this was to be expected too; as if that quality of her father which had thwarted her woman's life so many times had been too virulent and too furious to die”(Faulkner 3). The fact that Emily suddenly never escaped from her home after becoming married is very concerning to feminists everywhere and the general public of the story. No one sees her for years, this comes off as very controlling. Emily seems to be a free bird until her first husband, Homer Barron comes along. Feminist critics would claim that Emily was just fine and even happy when she was single, and now that she is married she is forced to live with and abide by a man that does not even make her very happy. As her marriage progresses, people begin to downgrade her by saying, “poor Emily,” and other meaningless phrases. These phrases downgrade Emily’s character and make her seem like a Damsel in Distress, and not a respectable

Then as time progress down Emily’s life to the death of her father something very unusual and dark occurs, “She told them that her father was not dead. She did that for three days... Just as they were about to resort to law and force, she broke down, and they buried her father quickly” (Faulkner 518). At this point it can be assumed that Emily has developed her first full blown attachment, which was her father. Since he was the only significant figure within her life he was the only things she had. Then when her father died it hit Emily immensely harder because she had just lost her entire world. However, it may go deeper than that and it can even be said that the reason she broke down because she lost the only thing in her life that brought her order and stability within her life. So with his death Emily was free from the leash Mr. Grierson had her on the majority of her life but she had no idea what do with her life because it never was hers for a very long period of time.

She fears to lose her love one. She also stops teaching color painting classes so kids do not come to her house. Because of Emily’s reserve nature, people of the town also think that he has now gone mad. Generations after generations, people of town has look at Emily as a responsibility of town. “Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty; and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation

The first part of the story talks about her father, which was the genesis of her oppressive life. He controlled her whole life. These made her completely dependant of him and since he did not allow her to date, she has no one else to depend on. Her father “had driven away” many “young men” who wanted to marry her. This decision made by the father end up in Emily not being married when thirty. When her father died Emily got “sick”. It took her 3 days to accept he was gone and after burying him, she was not seen for a while. She had other “kin in Alabama” but because of a fight her father had they did not speak ever which also let Emily alone for a long time. Things seemed that they were going to get better when a man came to town who Emily started “dating”. But this ends up not being the case.

Emily 's father was set in his old fashion and overbearing ways unwilling to let her love and be loved was the reason why, she went crazy. To feel that special emotion between a man and a woman was what Emily longed for. We have to learn that we are in charge of our lives and the option to choose who we fall in love with can effect us forever. Emily, after all of her formative years of being held captive by her father, was driven to the point of murder when she found out the man she loved, didn 't love her back and he would eventually leave her just like her father had left her when he died…humiliated, empty, sad and alone forever.

In the first section of this story, Miss Emily’s death and the death of her father are mentioned. This helps the reader form a sympathetic view of Miss Emily, not thinking that she would one day become a woman to poison and murder someone whom she loved. The latter sections go on to mention her misfortunes in life such as her fighting about the taxes and the fact that she secludes herself- which is when it is shown that something may not be right with Miss Emily for example, her mental stability, or way she shows affection and love. Until the very last sentence of this short story it is not confirmed that Miss Emily is a love scorned killer, which helps each reader build their own opinion on Miss Emily throughout the whole story. By having a changing opinion and look into Miss Emily’s life through all five parts, it leaves the reader very shocked and surprised by a sweet, old

Emily defied her father because he believes that no man is suited for her. The townspeople proclaim, “None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily” (Faulkner, 35). Due to the lack of companionship until the age of thirty, Emily quickly becomes friendly with Mr. Barron and soon after poisons him so she can “secure him as her

Emily was to the age where she wanted to have a partner and was tired of living life alone, but with the loss of her father and the abandonment of her true love, Miss Emily could not bare to lose anyone else

“A Rose for Emily” is a fictional short story written by William Faulkner, a Nobel Laurette of the American South. The story takes place in a fictional city of Jefferson, Mississippi. Faulkner portrays Emily, the main character in the short story “A Rose for Emily” as a strong, stubborn woman who spends most of her life indoors in her house built in the seventies and leaves the people of her town in assumptions. At first, people of the town are curious to know about her; as time passes by, they lose interest in her story. She denied paying her taxes; she overlooked every mail that was sent to her at the end of the year about the taxes. She repeatedly says, “I have no taxes in Jefferson.” She denies the changes in her life, which makes no sense because there is life after every storm and death is the master.

Emily’s father wanted her beside him at all times and being taught no man was ever good enough. But, Indeed she eventually fell in love with a guy who deserted her. Mad at her father because he interferes she decides that he must die in order for her and the lover to be together . The lover has another idea in mind when he relizes that emilys father only lefted her the house and no money ,Poor Emily is an understatement ,her love vanished

They all began to remember all of the men that were interested in Miss Emily, but knew he dad chased them off because he was the only person for her, in his mind. Miss Emily’s father was a deceptive person and played a good role in all of Miss Emily’s actions.

In the timeless classic, “A rose for Emily” by William Faulkner we are introduced to Emily Grierson, a matured sheltered southern woman; born to a proud, aristocratic family presumably during the American Civil War. Through out the short story William Faulkner uses many literary devices such as symbolism, metaphors and allegory to play with “time” and how time reflects upon his main character Emily Grierson. Emily being one who denies the ability to see time for what it is linear and unchangeable. Her constant rejection of time initiates changes in her life, starting with her own physical appearance that aid in her displeasure, then proceeding too Miss Emily’s own home which becomes her jail, and finally her unwillingness to move forward drives her to commit heinous actions towards her lover.

Emily’s character from the beginning of the story seemed to me as tragic character whose life could not get any better. In the story it never mentions Emily having any brothers or sisters so we a left to conclude that she is an only child. Also, Emily mother’s is not mentioned as well, and so that kind of plays a role on how Emily’s relationship with her father was. Emily’s father seemed to have controlled every aspect of her life. It seems as her father kept her away and isolated her from the rest of the town while he was alive. Keeping her secluded kept her from having friends, meeting new people, and potentially finding a love interest. Doings these things would only set up Emily for a future that she could not escape from. Emily’s father controlling, demanding, and harsh ways would affect her character’s behavior as the story continues. Surely enough Emily’s father behaviors did just that. Once he had died Emily’s attachment to her father and her mental state would not allow her to accept that her father was

Emily finds comfort in how she was treated by her father. She cannot control the fact now that her father is gone she has a lot more