Rose For Emily
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Rose For Emily
“A Rose for Emily” By William Faulkner Reading this atypical piece of work
entitled “A Rose for Emily”, written by William Faulkner encourages a sense
of thrill and stimulation within. Since Mr. Faulkner resided in Mississippi most
of his writings reflect his home state, as does “A Rose for Emily”. The
first person minor point of view is being told by the townspeople. The main
character, Miss Emily, in this short gothic story that took place during the
early 1900 hundreds demonstrated a conflict she was having with herself. I think
that it is well known that our parents are the backbone to each person’s
existence. Knowing this, William Faulkner managed to include through the events
in the plot an underlining message mixed with a little flowered mockery.
Although, Ms. Emily committed murder, she was a victim of her learned
environment because of her father and the citizens of Jefferson. This story
revolved around one town and one main character. The beginning of this woman’s
well to do life in a poor southern state consisted only of herself and her
domineering father living in the same house until the calling of God summoned
her elsewhere. Miss Emily managed to make it to age thirty still being single
with only the help of her father and “she would… continue to cling to that
which had robbed her"(472). The town’s people assumed that “none of the
young men were quite good enough for Ms. Emily and such”(471). When the only
person in Emily’s life passed on, she stood in denial and refused condolences
an aid to bury her father from the town ladies. The damage that her father had
bestowed upon her by sheltering her from the rest of the world was starting to
emerge at the time of his death. By over-protecting Emily and “clutching a
horsewhip”(471) to control her life, caused her to become hermit-like in the
town she grew up in and knew very well. This creator of Emily must have lead her
life for her in every way, fore when he exited the earth, he managed to take a
big part of her with him. I believe this caused a confused state in which Emily
really didn’t know herself, causing her to be so afraid of being alone that
townspeople were “trying to persuade her to let them dispose of the body...
for three days”(471). Emily came upon and involved herself with a second male
figure that turned out to be her lover. In the end Emily poisons her lover to
keep him from leaving her. The fulfilling plot is retold by the townspeople as
if they were all reflecti...
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