Rose For Emily Essay Research Paper A 2

Rose For Emily Essay, Research Paper

?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 reflecting upon her life and the things they remembered. By the

author reflecting back, using the whole town, it gave the story a sense of

upcoming purpose. The climax continued to climb starting ?when the smell

developed?(470) to Emily purchasing the arsenic and finally the very end when

the realization was put forth by ?a long strand of iron-gray hair?(475)

implying that she really killed Homer. The author?s tone carried sympathy for

Emily as stated by the townspeople, when they said ?poor Emily?(472) several

times. The characterization of Emily was also provided by the description of her

house that had once been white, decorated with a nice roof, steeple, and

?scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies?(469),

compared to the current portrait given of ?an eye sore among eyesores?(469).

The townspeople who ?had begun to feel really sorry for her?(471), along

with her father, all provided an external unhealthy motivation that is

responsible for her unthinkable actions of murdering Homer. A mixture of simple

to read sentences along with minor dialog made the story easy to understand. I

felt the style of writing provided a spirited suspense by not letting on that

Homer was dead until the closing paragraphs. For me, stories like that keep me

reading until the very end. A story like this, that took place in the south

during the early 1900 hundreds basically got away with murder. If the setting

for this story would have been present day 2000, it would have upset and

infuriated some readers for the fact that a crime was committed and no one were

prosecuted. The town officials would have carried more of the blame for not

finding out the real cause of that smell. The black servant would have also been

charged for not reporting the murder. Basically, any other time and place would

have caused the story to lose its effectiveness. Looking past all the literary

elements except the theme, which contained the most meaning relating back to

Emily?s surroundings. The death of her father constructed a mental milestone

in her life in which she would continue to build upon in an unhealthy manner.

She carried the haunting presence of father with her, and had always maintained

a love/hate attitude regarding her father and the sheltering life style he

provided for her. The citizens of Jefferson contributed to

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