" ( Faulkner Pg. 76) She was all alone and couldn't accept this change. She did not have the individual confidence, or maybe self-esteem and self-worth, to believe that she could stand through this.
She met Homer, the Yankee and became involved with him. He was in charge of paving the new streets. Miss Emily was seen in his buggy with her head held high. Then once the streets were finished, Homer had left abruptly. The townspeople figured that he would return to collect Miss Emily and her things. But this scared Emily. She was reminded of how it felt to be alone. If Homer had succeeded with seducing Emily and then deserting her, Emily would have once again been cut short of having a regular life. Once again, a fear of change came over her. The fear of losing Homer and being left alone was too much for her to bear so she decided to poison him. Feeling that if she could not have him alive she thought she could keep him with her if he was dead and she did. The living Emily and the dead Homer remained in her room above the stairs, as though not even death could separate them. "After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly s!.
aw her at all."( Faulkner Pg 82).
Emily retreated to her "rose tinted" world of death and the past. This was hopeless because even Emily, was finally subjected to death. Her father's death affected her in a way that no one else would be able to understand. His death was why Emily was so scared to be alone.
In The Horse Dealer's Daughter, Mabel " a short sullen looking young woman of twenty seven ,"(Lawrence Pg.545) was forced with the changes that came with the death of her father. Her father was a wealthy horse dealer. She had always been taken care of. Then her father had become ill and her brothers and sisters had all left to continue with their lives and left Mabel to care for their father. Since her sisters had left Mabel didn't have any associates of her own sex, let along the opposite sex.
The author of The Horse Dealer's Daughter, D.H. ... The Horse Dealer's Daughter starts off having you confused. ... Then when you compare that to Fergusson's life, it is the complete opposite. ... Later on there are horses running in a field that were mentioned. I automatically assumed they were on some sort of ranch from the horses and the tobacco chewing. ...
William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily- describes the journey through the life of a civil war hero's daughter. ... Like a rose, Emily's life is pruned and nurtured by her father, Homer, and town. ... However, he only creates thorns in Emily's life. ... This reluctance is the first indicator of Emily's insanity. ... This life changing experience slowly turns Emily from a beautiful rose to a wilted rose. ...
There are many essential themes that occur throughout " A Rose for Emily", a short story by William Faulkner. ... Early in the tale, Emily's father shows a great deal of control towards his daughter. When young men came to court Emily, her father would stand in the doorway with his horse whip. ... He was obsessive with keeping his daughter to him self. ... In the title of this story, "A Rose for Emily", Faulkner uses the rose as a symbol of love. ...
There are many underlying themes in A Rose for Emily. ... Emily's father exhibits a great deal of control early in this story, which does a great deal of emotional damage to Emily later on. When suitors come to see Emily, her father stands in the doorway with a horse whip, which drives them away. ... Emily, for obvious reasons, is the focal point of the story. ... A rose for Emily serves to signify the townspeople giving a rose at Emily's funeral, to show their ultimate respect for her, and for what she must have gone through to commit such a heinous crime. ...
"A Rose for Emily," by William Faulkner, is a short story telling the dark and decaying life of Emily Grierson. ... Her father is portrayed as an arrogant man who believes no man is quite good enough for his precious daughter. Emily looks to her father for everything. ... A Rose for Emily shows how life was during that period. ... Faulkner tells the story of the Griersons and their hidden, mysterious lives well in A Rose for Emily....
Faulkner salutes Emily in his title by offering her a rose. ... Since roses most commonly stand for love, Faulkner gives Emily a rose in the title to show that he is the only one who has any love for Emily. ... This was Faulkner's method of giving Emily a rose. ... Therefore, the rose given to Emily by Faulkner becomes her only love. ... At many places in the story, Faulkner compares Emily to the monument, much as one would compare a rose to love. ...
A Rose for Emily After reading the story, A Rose for Emily, I set the book down and thought about the story for a bit. ... From the information gathered, I decided to write about how the author compared the house to Emily so much. ... Similarly, Emily Grierson was a wealthy woman. ... Emily's own aging is given when her voice in similarly said to be rusty from disuse. ... When Emily finally died, "the house filled with dust and shadows" (Faulkner 489)....
Every Rose has its Thorn Social hierarchy was important among the wealthy of the south. Male dominance among southern living led daughters and wives to be more of a trophy for their fathers and husbands. ... William Faulkner's portrayal of the quickly changing southern lifestyle in the short story, "A Rose for Emily," poignantly describes Emily's isolation and eventual social and physical decline through the use of symbolism. Throughout the short story, "A Rose for Emily" a gradual change in Mrs. ... Examining these subjects in "A Rose for Emily", can help one to further th...
The Character of Emily In the story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, Miss Emily is the main character, the protagonist. ... Emily Grierson had many notable traits. ... Miss Emily also had a lot of unusual or wretched traits. ... In reading "A Rose for Emily", one gets the idea that Emily is a bit odd when she does not give up her father's corpse. ... Her father's control can be interpreted in the portrait of him on a horse holding a whip. ...
