'The Narrator In A Rose For Emily'

While one of the most traditional interpretations of “A Rose for Emily” is the variety of meanings for the “rose” presented in the title and how the “rose” fits in with the story. Laura Getty states in her article many varied perspectives that many could ponder when identifying what the “rose” stands for. She states many possible theories that depict what the “rose” means, including theories of other writers that help support her own theory and also that adds another way that most might not consider at first. Most of the interpretations of the rose are all focused on the “internal elements” (Getty 231) rather than the actual rose itself. Getty theorizes about certain characters, buildings, anything that symbolizes a rose in the story as

This short story is from the view point of the towns people; you will notice a lot in William Faulkner’s writing of A Rose for Emily that it mentions the word “we” or “the town” talking about the people as a whole. From reading this story it seems the townspeople are revisiting old moments that have happened with Miss Emily in the past. It begins by talking about how the whole town went to Miss Emily’s funeral either out of respect or simply out of curiosity since no one had seen the inside of her house in over ten years. When Miss Emily was alive she was viewed as an obligation to the town, she was someone they always had a problem with, but they had to tip toe around to fix any problems involving her. They then go into talking about how

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner tells the tale of Emily Grierson’s murder of her lover Homer Barron. Both Emily and the town of Jefferson were in denial of Emily having killed her lover, Homer Barron. This is demonstrated by the following threes aspects: first, the town chose to disregard the connection between Emily’s previous behaviour of keeping her father’s body when he died and the disappearance of Homer. Secondly, the nonlinear narrative and the reactions of the town towards Emily after Homer’s disappearance demonstrate the town’s understanding of Homer’s murder. Third, Emily murdered Homer because she could not accept the possibility of him leaving her.

In light of Homers feelings toward marriage Emily had been seen in town at the jewelers purchasing a men’s toilet set in silver with the letters H.B. on each

In "A Rose for Emily," William Faulkner's use of setting and characterization foreshadows and builds up to the climax of the story. His use of metaphors prepares the reader for the bittersweet ending. A theme of respectability and the loss of, is threaded throughout the story. Appropriately, the story begins with death, flashes back to the past and hints towards the demise of a woman and the traditions of the past she personifies. Faulkner has carefully crafted a multi-layered masterpiece, and he uses setting, characterization, and theme to move it along.

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

William Faulkner is a well-known author, whose writing belongs in the Realism era in the American Literary Canon. His writing was influence by his Southern upbringing, often setting his stories in the fictional Southern town, Yoknapatawpha County. “A Rose for Emily” was one of Faulkner’s first published pieces and displays many of the now signature characteristics of Faulkner’s writing. The short story provides commentary through the use of many symbols. In William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily”, the author uses the townspeople as a representation of societal expectations and judgments, Emily and her house as symbols for the past, and Homer’s corpse as a physical representation of the fear of loneliness.

In “A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner uses setting, character development, and stylistic devices to express the mystery of Emily and the somewhat gossip-obsessed attitude the townspeople have towards Emily.

The short story, “A Rose for Emily”, by William Faulkner, is told by an unnamed narrator and broken into five sections. The story is not chronological, but completely out of order, adding mystery and climax. The first section begins with the death of the main character, Emily Grierson, and relates the thoughts and actions of the small Southern U.S. town. A flawed relationship between the town and Miss Emily is seen throughout the story. The tension between the town (society) and Emily is a main reason for her recluse and insanity.

The story, “A Rose for Emily” is told in first person peripheral point of view. The word “we” is used throughout the story and the narrator does not just speak for one particular person, party, or town, in this fictional story the narrator also speaks for the men of Jefferson and for the women. Three generations are also laid out in this story, which reflects on the second and one could ultimately say that the way Emily is treated is what caused her downfall. The narrator becomes somewhat emotional and begins to confess feelings throughout

Analyzation is a key component to an everlasting understanding of a work of literary merit, along with each writing that is written in the english world. The short story, A Rose for Emily, written by William Faulkner, is a specific example of how literary techniques, and elements inside a story, collide to discuss the overall message that the story is pushing to incorporate to the reader. Within the short story, the literary devices of theme, symbolism, and irony, combining with point of view, are indications of exactly how the analyzation of the story is being depicted.

Characterization refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop characters in the story. In the story ‘A Rose for Emily’, William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily Grierson, the main role. Faulkner’s use of language foreshadows and builds up to the climax of the story. He expresses the content of her character through physical descriptions, through her act, words, and feeling, through the narrator’s direct comments about the character’s nature, and through the actions, words and feelings of the other characters. Faulkner also uses the characterization to examine the theme of the story. His

“A Rose for Emily” is told by what I consider one of the most unreliable narrators that I have read so for this semester. Throughout the story we are bombarded with the narrator’s opinion and the opinion of the towns folk of Jefferson however the narrator seems to have no firsthand knowledge of Miss Emily and instead has formed an opinion based entirely on hearsay. Despite this I would easily find myself believing the story’s this narrator tells and I would find it hard to believe that he does not as well. An unreliable narrator is “a narrator who--intentionally or unintentionally--relates events in a subjective or distorted manner.

Both William Faulkner Richard Wright uses the first-person point of view in respectively “A Rose for Emily” and “The Man Who Was Almost a Man”. However, in William Faulkner’s short story, the first point of view does not represent a single person. In this case, the first point of view englobes the members of the community where miss Emily lives. It seems like the narrator is trying to explain how the entire town is partially responsible of the death of miss Emily. One can say that by using the “we”, the author is trying to show how the town is confessing for their judgmental actions toward her.

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.