A Rose For Emily By William Faulkner

The short stories, "A Good man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Conner and "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner both stories connect because have dangerous, unusual characteristics and share a number of similar character traits. Their similarities stem not only from both women's education, but also from the controversy of their actions within the social dynamics of the world in which they live now. "A Good man is Hard to Find" is about a grandmother and her family brutally murdered by a coldhearted killer, and "A Rose for Emily"is about a lady who murders her lover and then sleeps beside his rotting body. Not only have O'Conner and Faulkner created similar plots in their respective stories but also both story create similar character in their Protagonits.

In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” and Flannery O’Connor’s “A good man is hard to find,” both authors present main characters who are contrasting to the people in their society. In Faulkner’s work, Emily Grierson is an outsider because she hides herself from the people in town for more than thirty years. They have no clue that she has kept homers body in her home for so long until the day she dies. Also, in O’Connor’s work, the grandmother describes herself as a Pure, good woman but her actions contradict her by proving she’s manipulative and evil. In this way, both characters are outsiders by choosing not to show their true identities to their respective societies.

In “A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner uses symbolism, imagery, simile and tone. Faulkner uses these elements to lead his characters to an epiphany of letting go of out-dated traditions and customs. The resistance to change and loneliness are prominent themes within “A Rose for Emily”. Faulkner uses “A Rose for Emily” to caution his readers that things are not always what they appear to be.

William Faulkner and Flannery O’ Conner both have mischievous and morbid characteristics. In Flannery O’Conner’s story, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, the main focus is that the grandma is old fashioned and uses this to her advantage in telling stories and trying not to get killed. In William Faulkner’s story, A Rose for Emily, it focuses on Emily who is also old fashioned but can’t get with the present time and keeps holding onto the past. Both have morbid endings because of their lack of letting go on past events, and use their archaic habits in different ways. In A Rose for Emily, Emily shows multiple signs of not liking change by denying her father’s death, not leaving the house and in A Good Man Is Hard to Find; the grandmother portrays

The story “A Rose for Emily” was written by William Faulkner. The other story I am using to compare and contrast with is “Killings” written by Andre Dubus. These stories are similar in plot and theme. Both of these stories deal with murder, love and revenge. Though, love and murder are presented in different ways in the two stories. The main character in both these stories are of the opposite sex and they are both the protagonist. “A Rose for Emily” is about a women named Emily Grierson and her mysterious life as a southern belle. While “Killings” is based on a man named Matt Fowler who commits a bad crime.

The authors William Faulkner and O'Connor have miserable and devilish characteristics. In A Rose for Emily written by William Faulkner focuses on old fashion lady called Emily who keeps living onto the past. In the Flannery O'Connor story, Good Man is Hard to Find, the main point is the Grandmother is also old-fashioned and uses this to her favor telling stories and trying to get killed. Both stories have a disconsolate final since the characters stay living on past events, and maintain using her obsolete manners of behaving in several ways. Emily from A Rose for Emily and the Grandmother from A Good Man is Hard to Find are possessive, special, and controller women, but they contrast in several points doing each of them a unique person.

The short stories “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O'Conner are mind-blowing and a little scary. One of the stories is about an old grandmother and her family being murdered, and the other is about a lady who decided to kill her lover and then sleep next to his cold dead body. William Faulkner and Flannery O’Conner both decided to make the main character a southern woman and use interesting items in the story to symbolize what going to happen at the end.

The short stories, "A Good man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Conner and "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner are fairly stunning; one story is around a grandma and her family fiercely killed by a wanton executioner, and the other story is around a woman who kills her beau and afterward rests next to his spoiling body. Both, the grandma and Emily are ladies of the old South; a general public with strict ideas about the privileged society and the desire of respectable conduct, stuck living in the past not able to acknowledge the adjustments in the present creating contortion from reality and their general surroundings, which makes them resort to great measures to increase individual wishes." In "A Rose for Emily," Emily Grierson, delineates the most customary character who tirelessly sticks with it throughout the years paying little mind to the numerous adjustments in her general public. As a living landmark to the past, she speaks to the conventions that individuals wish to regard and

One thing that really stood out to me in both of the settings in the two different stories, was their use of language. In particular how common it was in that time period to use the “n” word. In addition, in both “A Rose for Emily” and “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, both the grandmother and Emily share a very similar view of the past. Both of these characters have a hard time letting go of the past, and are in a sense scared to move forward along with everyone else. However, the grandmother in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, was very hypocritical and manipulative, she would never have had the courage to murder someone the way that Emily in “A Rose for Emily” did. Emily resorted to murdering Homer, the man that she had fallen in love with, because

In the short story “A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner escorts the reader through the peculiar life of the main character Miss Emily Grierson. The gloomy tone of the story is set by the author beginning his tale with the funeral of Miss Emily. During course of the story, we are taken through different times in Miss Emily’s life and how she was lost in time, with the town around her moving forward. Through the use of southern gothic writing style, narrator point of view, and foreshadowing, Faulkner aids the reader in creating a visualization of Miss Emily and the town in which she lives while also giving an insight into her sanity.

American Literature was shaped in parts by the tradition of the Southern Gothic genre by having the traits of the outsider, moral blindness, social class, good vs. evil, unrequited love and macabre. The stories that we read as a class was “ The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson, “ A Good man is hard to find” by Flannery O’Connor and “ A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner. The traits of southern gothic are clearly portrayed in these stories that were read in class because they all criticize moral blindness of the south. “ A good man is hard to find” by Flannery O'Connor is about a family that goes on a vacation but has a car accident.

Though the short stories “A Rose for Emily” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” differ in plot, theme, voice, and many other aspects, both contain similar characters and settings. The authors of these highly acclaimed Southern Gothic works, have skillfully and eloquently created intricate characters and imagery that portray many elements of Southern life. Flannery O’Connor’s, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” tells of the tragic events that take place during a family’s road trip to Tennessee, which ultimately ends in their unsightly demise at the hands of a notorious

The story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner was different from “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor in several ways. When it comes to the use of elements typical of Southern Renaissance in the story “A Rose for Emily” the story is not in chronological order and the author uses the stream-of-consciousness technique. This technique is used in the story when the author jumps from current perceptions and memories. In the story “A Rose for Emily” it starts off talking about when Miss Emily died. As the story progresses it then talks about her life. It talks about what she experienced when she was over 30, and then when you continue to read it talks about what she did when she was about 40. At the end of the story is when the reader

It was in the year 1930 when the great William Faulkner wrote the compelling short story A Rose for Emily. As Faulkner once specified the title’s delineation focuses on a respectable woman’s bitter ending, which was inevitable but deserved a rose symbolizing respect. With Faulkner’s short story being comprised with such gothic material one must take notice of the primary protagonist, Miss Emily Grierson. Several vital events and key internal attributes would unfortunately lead to Grierson’s demise. The rudimentary of Grierson’s personality traits begins with her vibrant attitude in life.

Throughout “A Rose For Emily” by William Faulkner, the story details the journey of Miss. Emily through the perspective of the town as she looks for love and does crazy things along the way. Miss. Emily is consistently searching for her idea of happiness which she believes is love. Mrs. Emily’s cliche American Dream is a husband and family, however, she had an overbearing father who did not allow her to enter into a courtship. The story follows a consistent theme that the power of love can cause one do questionable things. Miss. Emily, the poster child for this theme, wanted so badly to feel loved that when she got rejected she killed a man. She furthers her insanity when she proceeds to sleep next to him for the next few decades