... "fallen," yet as important and symbolic as a "monument- (531). The details of Miss Emily's house closely relate to her and symbolize what she stands for. It is set on "what had once been the most select street" (532). The narrator (which is the town in this case) describes the house as "stubborn and coquettish" (532). Cotton gins and garages have long obliterated the neighborhood ... to show Miss Emily's pride. Her pride has kept her from socializing with other members of the community thus reinforcing her solitary. But Miss Emily's father is still responsible for her being a hermit. He...

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... in town. Being a descendant of the Grierson family, Emily expects exceptions to be made for her and demands respect. Emily is a monument in the town; everyone knows of her and is always wondering what she is hiding. When Miss Emily was thirty years old she appeared to be slender with haughty black eyes (Faulkner, 58). When she ... an idol. Her personality traits painted a picture of her being better than others; as stated, none of the young men were good enough; she thinks she is better than everyone (57). When people came over, she did not ask them to sit down, coming across as being rud...

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... For Emily", Emily Grierson appears as a main character. She is a pathetic, lonely, hermit-like tragic woman and went as far as to commits murder, which is revealed in the end of this story. And Homer Baron, the another supporting character, is the Emily's first lover who is killed by Emily. I'd like to analyze the character Homer ... and his unclear sexuality. As for all eyes of the whole town on the issue that Emily would marry a Yankee, saying that it is absurd and even it is represented by the narrator noted, "it was a disgrace to the town and a bad example to the young people" In th...

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... written by William Faulkner in a short story entitled "A Rose for Emily". Faulkner sets the story during the 1930's with the death of Miss Emily Grierson, who is the protagonist, in a small southern town named Jefferson. Miss Emily represented a time in history for Jefferson where a woman's appearance was perceived as a direct reflection ... did not have to follow the rules such as paying their taxes. The townspeople now refer to her as a "Fallen Monument" (28), for she is the southern lady with values that has succumbed to death and putrefaction. Miss Emily's anguish began with the death...

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... left to create it. Faulkner uses this isolation of the main character to filter the facts and influence us, the readers, into thinking and feeling exactly what he intends. By making the narrator a generic member of the town we don't tend to judge or form an opinion of him/her either. So ... felt of Emily we tend to form those same opinions of Emily. In doing so, we become attached to the town because we can relate to what they feel for poor, unfortunate Emily. So we are ultimately transformed into citizens of Jefferson through the narrator and through our common feelings of and for ... ...

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... The basic synopsis of "A Rose for Emily- hardly does the rich and strongly symbolic story justice. Its disturbing look at the tragic life of a recluse is grim, disturbing, and suspenseful. Author William Faulkner achieved this by arranging the events of Emily Grearson's life not chronologically, but in a way to optimize ... from generation to generation "dear, inescapable, impervious, tranquil, and perverse."" But soon after realizing that the two are lovers and not engaged, the town is worried. After sending a minister, they send for Emily's cousins. Emily's cousins stay with her, but E...

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