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    In “A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner gives an insight into the life of an insecure, abused, and disturbed woman. Miss Emily is a difficult woman to understand. With years of mental abuse, Miss Emily’s mindset regarding social life is twisted making her awkward and insecure. Although Miss Emily seems very proud to be a Grierson, She has been a victim of extreme mental abuse inflicted by her father. One example is in paragraph 25 quote “None of the young men were quite good enough to Miss Emily

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    Mental and physical health are extremely important to stay on top of on a day to day basis, it can effect how you think, feel, and perform. Studies found that lower class people have more health problems than higher class, however higher class is less emotionally stable than lower class. (Psychological Science, 1) “ Low SES and its correlates, such as lower education, poverty, and poor health ultimately affect or society as whole.” (Apa, 1) By having poor health not only is it affect one person,

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    Annotated Bibliography Literary Analysis of “A Rose for Emily” Brett Wenzel Writing for College Mrs. Paucek April 5, 2013 Annotated Bibliography Summary Analysis Planning Thomas Dilworth Melczarek, Nick. "Narrative Motivation In Faulkner's A ROSE FOR EMILY." Explicator 67.4 (2009): 237-243. Literary Reference Center. Web. 15 Mar. This summary of this analysis is good because they did analysis of “A Rose for Emily”. They did use much info for the Faulkner and was very useful

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    A deeper look at William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman “Yellow Wall Paper” shows that the authors illustrate the isolation, repression and confinement of women in a male dominated and sexist society during the nineteenth century. The stories show the enormous effect repression has on the emotional and mental health of the opposite sex. Naomi Nkealah states that in patriarchal cultures, power is vested in the hands of men and therefore women 's needs are classed as secondary

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    the short story “A Rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner, Emily, the protagonist, is shown as someone who’s life is falling apart and brought down by society. Emily in this story could be described as a victim to society and her father. Emily Grierson’s confinement, loss of her father and Homer, and constant criticism caused her, her insanity. Emily was kept confined from all that surrounded her. Her father had given the town folks a large amount of money which caused Emily and her father to

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    “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner takes place a few years after the Civil War in a town called Jefferson. The action of the story is centered in Miss Emily's home. The narrator of the story is a townsperson who recalls Miss Emily’s life through a series of flashbacks. The story has many elements of Gothic because the themes of love lost, death, and murder are all present in it. Other elements that suggest about the Gothic nature of the story are Emily’s description, her house, the poison she

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    with Miss Emily Grierson in “A Rose for Emily” and Wash Jones in “Wash.” However, instead of victimizing these characters within his works, Faulkner chooses to rely almost exclusively on the lowborn or outcasts, such as Wash and Miss Emily, as examples of heroism. Unconventional characters like Wash Jones and Emily Grierson pose a test for Faulkner’s readers. If the reader judges these characters with a conventional eye, seeing one other as a murderous

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    and death. These are the four important factors of Emily’s life in “A Rose For Emily” by William Faulkner. She was an introverted, simple minded and easy living woman with a servant named Tobe. She rarely left her house, and had odd ways of grieving. A Rose For Emily is heavily influenced by psychology because of Emily’s actions, her servants loyalty, and the mental states of the characters. In the story of “A Rose For Emily”, an unnamed character from the town Jefferson, where the story resides

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    I. THESIS: The sexist surroundings that entrap the Narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Miss Emily Grierson in “A Rose for Emily,” and Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter ultimately suppress the respective protagonists’ identities as women, leading them to suffer in isolation. II. TOPIC SENTENCE I: The protagonists in the “The Yellow Wallpaper,” “A Rose for Emily,” and The Scarlet Letter all live in a sexist environment that confines their lives. A. MAJOR I: The history of each respective setting

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    The Rose That Never Grew A Rose for Emily is a short story written by William Faulkner in 1930. The story reveals the tragic life of Emily Gerison, who was raised by a controlling father that kept her from society. After her fathers death Emily is left alone in the world along with critical ostracism surrounding her by the towns people. She later develops necrophila, Stockholm syndrome, and acrophobia.Faulkner plays out his story by displaying the theme of isolation, effects of marxism, and

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