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A Rose For Emily

 

            In "A Rose For Emily- by William Faulkner Emily Grierson was viewed as a woman who did not have the individual confidence, or self-esteem to believe that she could be alone and succeed at life, especially in the face of changing times. Emily had always been ruled by and depended on her father, the manservant Tobe, and Homer Barron to protect, defend and act for her but after her father death. We sympathize for Emily because she found herself alone and decided to keep what she loved close to her, which was Barron Homer's body. .
             Emily Grierson is a black woman who had hard life. Everything that she loved left her, Her father probably impressed upon her that every man she met was no good for her. The townspeople even said "when her father died, it got about that the house was all that was left to her; and in a way, people were glad being left alone She had become humanized- ( Faulkner, 459). For Emily, her fathers death, in a way, gave her freedom, which allowed her to begin to date men of her choice. Emily's father couldn't violate her life with his strict mentality anymore.
             Emily didn't go out with people much except for having her manservant Tobe visit to do some chores and go to the store for her. Emily did carry her self with dignity and people gave her that respect, based from fear of what Emily could do to them. Emily was a strong willed person especially when she went into the drug store for the arsenic. She said "I want arsenic- (463). All along, the druggist wanted to know what she wanted it for and she answered back "I want the best you have. I don't care what kind- (463). Needless to say, the druggist never got an answer. The druggist looked down at her and gave Emily poison out of fear and respect for her. .
             Even though Emily didn't go out much, she did have a gentleman friend, Homer Barron. Homer was a spokesman for a road construction company, "a forman named Homer Barron, a Yankee "a big, dark, ready man, with a big voice and eyes lighter than his face-(462).


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