William Faulkner's work of art, A Rose for Emily describes the complex web of strife between people and their repressive connections despite different classes as the analysis of the main character, her lover, and her servant indicate. ... There is nothing said about Emily's mother which could suggest that her mother died or left, further adding to Emily's feelings of abandonment and loneliness. ... Emily's lover, Homer, was the man she had planned to marry. ... More internal conflict occurs with the third character, Emily's servant Tobe. ... Throughout the story,...

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Furthermore, after Colonel Sartoris left, Emily had a male servant, Tobe. ... Emily was considered psychologically ill and crazy. ... For instance, Tobe, Emily's servant obeyed all of her wishes. ... Consequently, even if it seemed as if Tobe was presented badly, he was not because Negros was accepted as a servant in those times. ... To speak in specific terms, "A Rose for Emily" is concentrated on the characteristics of the protagonist, Emily Grierson. ...

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It is difficult to imagine a character more bizarre than Emily Grierson in William Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily." However, Tobe, Emily's old man-servant, who also served as her gardener and cook, is far more bizarre and mysterious than Emily. ... He was loyal and discreet about Miss Emily's privacy. ... Considering their physical closeness and isolation, it is reasonable to assume that Tobe had feelings for Emily other than a servant for his mistress. ... Emily was an old woman when she died. ...

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Both the town and Miss Emily herself, now looked upon Miss Emily as the only remnant of that greater time. This fact gives the reader an understanding of the mind set of the "town," who is narrating Miss Emily's story to us in a form resembling a gossip circle, where stories of various townspeople are pieced together and of Miss Emily, the protagonist who lived alone except for her lone servant. ... She is still trying to maintain the role of the southern women, dignified and proper while struggling There are several different symbolic subjects in this story such as the house, Miss Em...

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No longer could wealthy landowners own slaves to work their land and act as servants; neither could the wealthy survive among the elite solely because of their family name. ... Her refusal to adapt to the New South is apparent through the relationship with her African American servant/cook, Tobe. Although the end of the Civil War in 1865 brought about the end of slavery, Miss Emily was one of the few, if not the only, citizen to have a servant. In addition to her servant Tobe, Miss Emily's house was depicted as a "big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas ...

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"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner is set in a small Southern town during the post-Civil War era. ... It is not until the end of the story when Emily dies, that her murderous act is discovered. ... Emily's pride is a major contributor to her inability to change. Emily's stubborn nature is prevalent throughout the story. ... Emily's servant was her only company and even he never conversed with her. ...

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A Rose for Emily In the story "A Rose for Emily", by William Faulkner, Emily Grierson lived her later years in life as a social outcast due to her personality. ... At first, Emily's actions were viewed as strange by the townspeople. ... People would come over to the Grierson house to console "poor Emily", but only got to the front door to hear Emily say her father was not dead. ... The front door remained closed while her servant could be seen going in and out of the back door often. It was kind of sad that Emily now lived in seclusion. ...

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1 "A Rose for Emily" "A Rose for Emily", by William Faulkner, begins and ends with the death of Emily Grierson, the main character of the story. ... At first glance Emily seems like a lonely woman with little self-confidence and low self-esteem. Faulkner portrays Emily and her family with high statuses. In the story Faulkner's narrator comments that: "No one except an old man-servant a combined gardner and cook, has seen the house in at least ten years". Emily's father is responsible for her life as a recluse. ...

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The damage done by Emily's father resulted in her being scared for life. After the death of her father Emily was confronted with the fear of living a life of complete isolation apart from interacting with the negro servant she was completely severed from the outside world. ... Emily's disposition reflected quite and reserve. ... Homer Baron's personality was in total contrast with Emily's. ... The town felt a sense of betrayal by Emily because she had an affair with a Northerner. ...

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She lives in her father's house in isolation with her Negro servant Tobe seemingly unaffected by time. ... Along with Miss Emily and her father the other main characters include Homer Barron, Miss Emily's servant Tobe, Colonel Sartoris, Judge Stevens, and Miss Emily's mentally ill great aunt Wyatt. ... The language of "A Rose for Emily- is descriptive as well as symbolic. ... The words the author chooses to describe the house and Emily coincide. ... The story caught the reader up to the point when Miss Emily expired. ...

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The ethical question lies heavily with Emily's choices. ... The town's people are upset to find that Emily would Emily would not only date a "Yankee", and it was also disgraceful that he would not marry her. ... Emily has the most difficult time accepting change of all the characters. ... Another critic examines the dilemma of past and present through multiple characters in the story: In past time and present time: the past is represented in Emily herself, in Colonel Sartoris, in the old Negro servant and in the Board of Aldermen who accepted the Colonel's attitude toward Em...

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In Faulkner's A Rose for Emily, the Gierson home and Emily are symbols of the shift society undertakes, adjusting to the changing power in women from submissive to influential. ... The house contrasts the newer community, Emily contrasts the younger community, and the old beliefs that the house and Emily represent contrast the more liberal community. ... To physically get better, Emily has to be under another man's dominance, and, when he would leave Emily like her father did, Emily keeps him by poisoning him. ... All throughout the story, Emily also has "a dodderin...

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How the North and South are represented in A Rose for Emily In the short story "A Rose for Emily" Faulkner symbolizes the north and south through two individual people. Miss Emily Grierson represents the south, and Mr. ... Miss Emily lived in a very old style house. ... He did not have servants like Miss Emily although he did have some blacks that worked for him. ... Homer also controlled Emily. ...

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A Rose for Emily "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, is a story set back in post civil war era, in the Southern United States. I found this story quite alarming and really ended up feeling sorry for Miss Emily. Miss Emily Grierson was a disturbed, proud and lonely woman, growing up with only her father and a Negro man servant. ... Miss Emily was over thirty when her father died and left her all alone. ... I believe that Miss Emily was a round character. ...

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There are several different symbolic subjects in this story such as the house, Miss Emily as a "monument," Homer and the "Yankee" views, and Miss Emily's old Negro servant who represents death in the story. ... Miss Emily used the servant to take her to get the arsenic in which she used to kill Homer Barron. ... The servant didn't have anything, but Miss Emily and he was her death, he waited until she died before he left. The servant had nothing of a better role than to play the death in the story since he was surrounded by it being the help of Miss Emily and living in the old hous...

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A Rose For Emily "A Rose for Emily-, by William Faulkner, begins and ends with the death of Miss Emily Grierson, the main character of the story. ... In the story the narrator comments that "no one save an old man-servant-a combined gardener and cook-had seen [the house] in at least ten years- (Faulkner 217). Miss Emily's father is partly to blame for her life as a recluse. ... Emily now feels that "without a husband, her life will have no meaning- ("A Rose for Emily 1). ... Miss Emily fell ill and died with only her Negro to wait on her. ...

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The town of Jefferson plays a big part in shaping the meaning of Miss Emily. ... The town doesn't exactly care about Emily, but yet at the same time they do in means of their curiosity, wanting to know what is in the house. " When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-servant-a combined gardener and cook-had seen in at least ten years."" ... The story starts off with Emily's house; Faulkner uses ...

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Emily, a Study in Change Throughout the story A Rose for Emily William Faulkner takes his readers on an emotional roller coaster in regards to their feelings toward the main character. ... Because Faulkner uses the narrator to tell us how the town felt of Emily we tend to form those same opinions of Emily. ... Faulkner chooses to introduce us to Emily through her death. ... As the narrator continues to remember and reflect on Emily's life and how she lived out the rest of her days behind closed doors with a single servant as her only contact to the outside world, our opinion of her...

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In the southern gothic story, "A Rose for Emily," a member or members of the community tell the story of the sympathetic Miss Emily Grierson. ... The purpose of this paper is to investigate Miss Emily's character and her motives. ... Being the protagonist in this story, you could argue that the antagonist of Miss Emily is change. ... The reader almost wants to reject this new insight on Miss Emily's actions as her father rejected all her suitors and Miss Emily rejected his death and paying her taxes. ... Some other textual clues support this image such as still clinging ...

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And of Miss Emily for some time. ... Emily Grierson.                       ... They might see shadows move throughout the house or maybe different lights come on in certain rooms, but the only people they suspected it could have been was Emily or her servant. ... Her servant let in the townswomen, and he left out the back door, never to be seen again. ... Emily Grierson.     ...

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However the people of the community still continued to keep their interest in both the house and Miss Emily. ... When Miss Emily seeks out to go purchase rat poison from the druggist, no questions are asked by anyone. ... " (section 2) and instead said it may be rats that the servant may have killed. ... At the end of the story, it was revealed how Miss Emily had held onto Homers dead body. ... Her holding onto the body's both times showed how Miss Emily had a struggle with letting go of things. ...

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He let her live such a secluded live that all she had left was her servant. ... The society that Emily lived in pity her. ... Faulkner states "people said Poor Emily"(3). ... So, it was hard for miss Emily to let him go. ... Emily was a true individual. ...

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The past is seen in Miss Emily, Colonel Sartoris, the old Negro servant, and the Board of Alderman. ... "Faulkner's A Rose for Emily." ... "On A Rose for Emily". ... "A Rose for Emily." ... "A Rose for A Rose for Emily." ...

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A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner is a short story in which it could see reflected the influence of the author's life. ... It begins with Miss Emily Grierson's funeral (the main character of the story), a southern lady who used to live with her slave an old man servant who was seen in the household in the last ten years. ... (Grant and Reid 2009) Once Emily's father died, Colonel Sartoris who used to be a major and Emily's father friend, invented a story in order to make Emily accept to be exempted of paying her taxes; he said that Emily's father had lent money to ...

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Aylmer and Emily do have many similarities and differences. ... Aylmer and Emily have both proven to be a different breed of people. ... Emily was the same way in that she only cared about herself. ... "Aylmer is perhaps too serenely confident of himself and scornful of his servant to be aware of it, and Aminadab is in no position to assault the bastion of science which Aylmer represents (414)." ... He had pride in his own intelligence, and would not listen to others, much less a servant. ...

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