Interpreting The Story 'A Rose For Emily'

The story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner would be drastically different if it was written from the point of view of Miss Emily. Her intentions and thoughts would be more pronounced, and because of this, the ending of the story may not come as such a shock. In addition, Miss Emily would be less distanced from the audience, and they would be able to understand her character in a way that the townspeople could not. Miss Emily being the narrator would immensely change the reader’s perception of the story’s ending and her character.

Some people love change, but others absolutely dislike it. When something big changes in one’s life, will it change who they are, or will they fight back? This short story shows how when a person grows up relying only on one person when they leave, it will change everything about that person. In the southern gothic story “A rose for Emily” by William Faulkner uses characterization, allegory, and allusion display the idea that the toll that death can take on one’s life could be drastic.

Symbolism in literature is using an object to portray a different, deeper meaning in a story. Symbols represent ideas or qualities that the author has maneuvered into his or her story that has meaning. There can be multiple symbols in a story or just one. It is up to the reader to interpret the meaning of the symbols and their significance to the story. While reading a story, symbols may not become clear until the very end, once the climax is over, and the falling action is covered. In William Faulkner’s, “A Rose for Emily,” there are multiple examples of symbolism that occur throughout the story.

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner is a story about the life and death of Emily Grierson, known as a “fallen monument” in Jefferson, Mississippi as stated by the narrator (Faulkner 30). The story begins with Miss Emily’s death but the narrator who is assumingly a townsperson reveals flashbacks of Miss Emily’s life. When Emily’s dad died, she was in denial until she finally broke down and allowed his body to be buried. Her heart is then broken by her lover, Homer Barron who she ends up killing. A similar theme is present in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Ann Porter. Porter used stream of consciousness through the narrator to reveal events in Granny’s life that have affected her. Before Granny got married and had four children with her husband, she was jilted at the alter by her fiancé George which cause lifelong sadness and agony. As she took her last breath, the “bridgegoom,” who is believed to be Jesus, betrays her too. Both stories about elderly women and their losses that cause loneliness and hatred that they carry to their death bed. The authors’ use of narration and setting, characterization, and conflict contribute their themes with unique underlying meaning.

William Faulkner once said, The article describes the fate of a southern town after the American Civil War. As the patriarch of the family, Emily's father leaned heavily to maintain the rank and dignity so he drove all the courtship to love Emily and deprived her of her right to happiness. After the death of her father, Emily fell in love with a foreman northerner that was building the railway for the town. But Emily still did not get rid of the shackles of family dignity and her father's influence on her approach. When she found that Homer Barron had no intention to marry her, she poisoned him with arsenic. Since then, Emily closed herself in the old house, and lived with his dead father for 40 years, until she died. The town residents found the secret at the funeral of Emily. William Faulkner is a pivotal figure in the history of American literature, known as the head of the Southern Renaissance and the leader of the Southern literature. "A Rose for Emily" is Faulkner's most classic short story. In this novel, Faulkner used a symbolic, like rose, Emily and the shadow of father, to reveal the contradictions and conflicts between the American old-age cultural minds and the northern industrial civilization after the civil war. He shaped a fallen southern aristocratic lady “Emily “in the tragedy of personal and social, realistic and traditional tragedy.

Symbolism is the use of an object or a word to represent an abstract idea. It's often used by writers to represent a hidden message or a hint in a story. The short Stories " A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker are great examples of the use of symbolism. In "A Rose for Emily" Faulkner uses symbolism to create a Story about a woman called Emily whose life is surrounded by mysteries, especially after the death of her father and the disappearance of her beloved Homer. Falkner uses symbolism to hide several messages through the Story which, in my opinion, sounds very morbid as things happen. In "Everyday Use," Alice Walker symbolizes her messages through a beautiful detailed story where Mrs. Johnson also

This story about a woman, who is called Emily. she came from a rich family .She’s elegant woman ,but she is strange woman in the world . so anyone or people in her village could not understand about her. She doesn’t have mother but she only had a father. They lived in big house in a little village. Her father didn’t married again so he needed and love Emily very much. And didn’t want anyone take away her from him. But she wanted to have boy friends, because she always feel lonely,but every man who wanted to date with her,her father always rejected all of them,because he was afraid to be left alone.Because of this he forbade Emily to see men and this was not good for Emily ,shevalso got afraid to be

A necrophiliac is described as a person who has an obsessive fascination with death and corpses (Mifflin 1). Emily, a necrophiliac in the story, “A Rose for Emily,” is a deranged, lost, and confused woman. A story filled with many symbols that help the stories meaning. The only man Emily knew growing up was her father. He taught her to trust no man, and no man would ever be good for her. He was highly favored through the town and everyone looked to him. The small town of curious and nosey people makes the story of “A Rose for Emily.” The town’s people are curious to know Emily’s every step, or wondering what she is going to do next, her appearance, and where the horrible smell in her house comes from. She meets a man in this small town and

“A Rose for Emily” showed how even as much as she tried Emily didn’t know how to survive or adjust to the world around her, because of her upbringing. Emily had to hold on things because she feared they would leave her, because growing up she was so sheltered. “…she would have to cling to that which had robbed her, as people will.” After her father died she didn’t know how to let go or react even after how he treated her all her life. “…her father a spraddled silhouette in the foreground, his back to her and clutching a horsewhip, the two of them framed by the back-flung front door.” She even denied his death for days after he died, “She told them that her father was not dead. She did that for three days, with the ministers calling on her, and the doctors, trying to persuade her to let them dispose of the body.” Emily lashed out and

William Faulkner wrote the American gothic tale A Rose for Emily in the early 1930s which appears to suggest to the readers that the transition between past and present is indeed difficult but not impossible. The author utilizes literary devices throughout his spiel to connect a practically symbolic relationship to the recreation time of the setting. Indeed, even though these images are interested in elucidation; they are the absolute entirety of the story. With the strict importance of the narrative that infers a wide range of conclusions; it is essentially the metaphors, symbols and repetitions which give the story meaning.

Emily lived in the past when her family was powerful because of their wealth. This power was clear when Emily bought arsenic from the druggist. She easily convinced him to sell her arsenic. He was prepared to ignore laws for Emily. This is similar to the discovery of Homer Barron's body in her bed forty years after his disappearance. She considered herself above the law even to the point of murder. Emily and her house are both decaying as they refuse to move

The setting of the story A Rose For Emily is described to be in a southern type of setting. Also, it is noted that this story was taken place in Jackson Mississippi because of how it talks about the battle of Jackson. This short story was probably after the Civil War occurred because of how it was taken place in the 1880s and 1890s. These are all Southern Gothic elements because southern setting, Civil War, and slavery and race are all traits of how Southern Gothic literature is written. Slavery and race was also in the setting of this book because of how African Americans were still seen as slaves.

n a Rose for Emily, I feel that Emily Grieson is the protagonist. Emily Grierson is the protagonist because she is the main character of the story. She is the main person that the town constantly talks about. Emily Grieson was also know as the quiet person who even seemed to have a mental illness. The town is actively working on who she really is but her house helps discreet her true identity, she hasn't been out her the house in years! The antagonist of the story would be the townspeople and Emily's father . I believe that Emily father (Faulkner) because I feel that most of her mental illness started from him isolating her from the outside, he was a very controlling man. Another antagonist would be Homer Barron because I feel that he lead

When reading “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, you may be quite confused. This is because William Faulkner wrote this short story in anachronic order, which occasionally confuses the reader and causes them not to fully understand the story. To understand it you must take parts of story apart and analyze the section. Faulkner uses tons of symbolism, foreshadowing, and history in the passages to help the reader understand what is going on. Literary devices in stories are a great way to analyze what is going on and to help you understand the passage clearer.

The reason I chose to analyze “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner is because I am a lover of suspense and terror. The story totally caught my attention because the general tone is one of violence, gloom, and terror. The setting also plays an important role because it gives the reader a better understanding of the different situations. The main character, Emily, plays the role of a tragic figure that seems to be seen only from the outside. Sometimes people judge others from the outside, but they do not realize about the inside of the person. In the story, Emily is constantly judged by the townspeople because of her physical appearance, but they do not understand what she is going through emotionally. Another important character in the