Born into an old Mississippi family that had
lost its influence and wealth during the Civil
War, William lived nearly all his life in the
south writing about Yoknaptawpha Country
an imagined Mississippi country similar to
his home in Oxford. His story “A rose for
Emily" about the mysterious life of Emily
Grierson, presents a personal conflict
rooted in her southern Identity.
“A Rose for Emily” is about a person that describes the events of
the life of Emily. She is born in a proud aristocratic family. Her
father chases away all the young men that want to marry her.
When her father dies, the narrator pities her because he has left
her alone. When the town offer condolences for his death, Emily
meets and says that her father hasn’t died until3 days. The next
summer, Emily begins to be seen with Homer Barron, a man below
her status. The town members were glad Emily would have an
interest but then they disapprove her behaviors.” When Homer
disappears, the narrator believes that Emily has bought arsenic to
kill herself because Homer has left her alone and the narrator pities
her. When Emily finally dies, the town comes to her funeral and act
as if they has once danced with her to show their respect for her.
After the funeral they go to her house and find the corpse of Homer
rotting in the bed. On the dust of the pillow next to Homer they find
an indentation of a head ,and there, a long gray hair.
1-Death(Emily,her father, and Homer).
1-The relationship between Emily and
her father.
2-South and North.
3-Changes from the past to present.
5-Homesexuality.
Place:
William Faulkner set a “A Rose for Emily”
in the fictional Mississippi town of Jefferson, modeled after the real Mississippi
town of Oxford, where the author spent
most of his life.
Time:
Events in the story
take place in the late-nineteenth and
early-twentieth centuries
Conflict can be viewed in three
separate ways:
1-Miss Emily and the townspeople.
2-Miss Emily and her father
3-North and South.
-The unnamed narrator is neither a she or he.
The narrator Speaks in the plural rather than
the singular using in the word" we” rather than
“I". In that sense the narrator ,or narrators, is
speaking on behalf of the entire town.
1-Simile:
She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in
motionless water. . . .
2-Metaphor :
The past is not a diminishing road but, instead, a huge meadow which no winter
ever quite touches.
3-Oxymoron:
Heavily lightsome (heavily :slow and clumsy ;lightsome: lively ,nimble)
4-Paradox :
Emily is both weak and strong. For example, her father manipulated her in her
youth, but she manipulates city officials in gaining tax forgiveness
5-Symbols:
House ,Emily's father, Homer