Who Is A Rose For Emily Normal

In William Faulkner's A Rose For Emily there is more than enough evidence to determine that Miss Emily is mentally ill. Most of the clues and hints are subtle, but when they are all pieced together the puzzle becomes clear. Not saying it is clear as too what Miss Emily was suffering from, the only way to know that for certain would be if the author or narrator told us in the text. We can conclude, however, she was suffering from some form of mental illness. Miss Emily was seen as a recluse and odd, but what no one in the town knew was that she couldn't help it there was more going on with her then people could see.

Faulkner states that Miss Emily would tell the other people 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. Just as they were about to resort to law and force, she broke down, and they buried her father quickly,'' (Faulkner 804). This part of the story foreshadows another incident where Emily again refuses to let go of the deceased. Instead of Emily not being able to let go of her father, this time she couldn't let go of her close friend, Homer. The hint of Emily not being able to let go of her father in the beginning serves as an indication for the reader that Miss Emily is very isolated and will do anything to prevent that. Emily’s suspicious actions causes the reader to anticipate certain happenings and wonder what will happen next.

Emily’s father, being a man of wealth, proudness, and domineering widower, he kept Emily close to himself and cut off from most social contact and courtship attempts (Spencer). Growing up Emily only knew the love and caring for her father and that love she received from her father. This seclusion rendered Emily lonely after her father died. She is not quite ready to accept his death, and this is where Emily first reveals signs of severe mental disturbance when she refuses to allow his body to be taken away after three days (Spencer). The dilapidated old mansion and Miss Emily herself seemed to occupy a state of suspended animation in which "the only sign of life about the place was the Negro man…going in and out with a market basket" (Faulkner, 629). Emily's

Emily concealed many aspects of her life from the eyes of the public. She was much like a recluse in her home and could easily have planned all of her deeds in that solitude. The townspeople were aware that, for some reason, Miss Emily had locked up the entire upper floor of her house (326). Having found the body in the upper floor of her house, witnesses believe that Emily had locked that part of her

Miss Emily is a mysterious character in “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner. She is the protagonist in this work. Emily used to be a vibrant and hopeful young woman, but something has changed with her. She had plenty of potential suitors, but her father rejected them all. After her father’s death, she is devastated and lonely. It is almost as if she is depressed, but then she meets homer Barron, a foreman from the north. They spend a lot of time together and the town certainly notices. The town talks about these two and it spreads around like wildfire. One day, Homer is seen going into Miss Emily’s house and he is never seen again. Loss can affect anyone and it certainly affects Miss Emily. Miss Emily’s psychological resilience to anything remotely traumatic is very low. She has a very high for need to get love from anyone. Miss Emily is a dynamic character; her mind and body both change throughout the story, but they are very slight changes that someone rarely notices at first.

Then, two years after her father’s death, Emily had a lover who passed away. Most people believed this man would marry Emily, but he ended up passing away. When the townspeople tried to come to her door and send their condolences, Emily would deny her father’s death. At first, when Emily’s father had passed away, Emily barely left her house. When Emily’s lover then passed, people in her town never saw her. Emily had then refused to pay her taxes and said she didn’t have any to pay. Since Emily never left her house, she did some very weird things. Emily was never normal before these two deaths that she had to deal with. Towards the end of the story, Emily then dies in her house and after her death people go into her home. A symptom of PTSD is having communication problems. Emily has bad communicating problems with her town and everyone else because she never leaves her house. The only communication that Emily has outside of her home is the market man that goes in and out daily.

The decline of Emily’s sanity began when her father died. She refused to believe that her father passed and she rejected the thought of isolation. “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 dispose of the body.” Emily was never in denial that her father passed, she refused to experience the isolation that would soon retain her soul and dwindle her chances of finding love again. The indication of her recognition that she will be alone is evident when she refused to dispose of her father’s body. Although his soul is no longer a part of her life, the satisfaction of him physically being near her brings her a sense of relief and comfort.

Emily comes from a family with high expectations of her a sort of “hereditary obligation” (30). Emily has been mentally manipulated by her as so indicated in the line of the story “we did not say she was crazy then we believed she had to do that we remember all the young men her father had driven away” (32). There is already proof of mental illness in the family “remembering how old lady Wyatt, her great aunt, had gone completely crazy last” (32).

The short story, ‘’A Rose for Emily,’’ was published in 1930, which was the period of time where a lot of work written were left unclear at the ending. With this being said, many of the audience who read these type of work always made their own conclusions without the author really stating what had happened in their work. This was an easier way that authors found to sell their work. ‘’A Rose for Emily’’ by William Faulkner was categorized as one of those type of work. The short story is about a woman who kills her lover, Homer. Homer considered below her, society wise. So, the events that led her to do kill him are signs that Miss Emily may had done it because she was sick. She shows signs of major depression and

I believe that Emily Rose was driven to the point of mental illness over the years of restraining treatment from her father and the denial of her dreams. Emily seems to have felt such a mixture of feelings after her father's passing, even if she didn't show them blatantly to the world. I do think she was mournful somewhere inside, but what showed through the most was her feelings of anger and relief. She was angry at her father for having kept her down so long and keeping her from the life she yearned to live. However, she was relieved that she finally had the chance to live her life the way she chose to live it, in hopes of finding a man, suitable for a husband, and starting her family. To me, it is logical and expected even that Emily set

Lost in the Past living with the Dead Ever looked at an old plantation home and thought, oh that’s creepy? Miss Emily Griersons home in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” sure fits the description of an old creepy home. Living in the town of Jefferson, after he father’s death Miss Emily was left with nothing else, but his home. By her actions portrayed in the book she refuses to move on to new generations after her father’s death and wishes to live just the way she always has. Well known in the town it makes her the center of gossip amongst the townspeople.

Once Miss Emily’s father died, she didn’t want to let go. She had no one to love and lover her back. The only love and compassion she knew was her fathers. With him leaving this world entirely, I think she didn’t want to believe he was dead. She wanted to hold on as much as she could. “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.” Again, Miss Emily’s necessity for love made her unconscious of the real world, wanting to hold on to something that was not there.

After her father’s death Emily ultimately acts like nothing even happened. For when they tried to go to her house ”Miss Emily met them at the door with no grief on her face. She told them her father was not dead. ”(p. 302)

The death Miss Emily’s father, as one of the most influential figures in her life, caused her to have a serious mental break. He died of an unknown cause and the townspeople were ready to help his daughter through this tough time. When they arrived, they found her clothed as normal with an even temperament. In fact “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.” (Chapter 2) Having been attached to this man for her entire life, Miss Emily sees no other way to continue so she truly believes he is still alive. She is unable to deal with the idea that he has abandoned her and left her with no one to spend her days with other than the manservant. The doctors and ministers end up having to take the body away after three days and disposing of it. After that “she was sick for a long time. When we saw her again, her hair was cut short, making her look like a girl, with a vague resemblance to those angels in colored church windows – sort of tragic and serene.”

Both Emily and the girl lived under their neighbors’ microscope. The girl’s mother is very much aware of that in the story, constantly telling her daughter the “do’s and don’ts” to avoid tarnishing her character. Despite Emily’s knowledge of onlookers, she lacks concern for her illegal and immoral actions because her wealth and status will always pay the price for them.