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How Does A Rose For Emily Change

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In 1930, William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily," was published in an issue of the Forum. In this short story, the main character, Emily, was an isolated unmarried spinster who isolated herself from the outside world since she could not handle the change of the modern world. Miss Emily exiled herself from everyone except her servant Tobe and her suitor Homer Barron. Homer was seen at dusk entering Miss Emily’s house then he disappeared. The town assumed that he had skipped town so he would not have to marry Miss Emily but after the death of Miss Emily, the townspeople kicked in the locked door to the attic bedroom to find the body of Homer Barron. In William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily," Homer Barron's body represents Miss Emily's denial …show more content…

Miss Emily's denial of change forced her into isolation by the townspeople and herself due to her inability to accept what the modern world has offered to her. She went from being part of a family that was a large figure in the town of Jefferson during the Civil War. Miss Emily is an old-school southern belle that was trapped in a society that was determined to keep her in her traditional role. Miss Emily's suitor, Homer Barron, was murdered due to Miss Emily's inability to find a traditional way to express her desire to possess Homer. She took his life to achieve total power over him. Committing murder, she proved that she could not embrace any aspect of the modern world. Miss Emily even went to the point of surrounding herself with a town that was old and new. In Jefferson, the town cemetery holds anonymous Civil War soldiers while the rest of the town has advanced themselves to the point that Miss Emily's home and the cemetery are the only traditional aspects of the town. "The representatives of those august names where they lay in the cedar-bemused cemetery among

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