A Rose For Emily Feminist Analysis

She recognizes that she was a good mother in some respects, recounting how she nursed Emily so much her “breasts ached with swollenness” and she was always running home to see her “miracle” (292). Of course, there is no perfect mother, so she also thinks back to when she should have “smile[d] at Emily more” (293) or checked on her when she had red measles more than twice, with a sense of pronounced guilt and remorse. She recognizes that the “acts of love” (293) were not enough and she was not adept at balancing “the hurts and needs between the two [Emily and her younger sister, Susan]” (296). She also recounts about how they were very poor, so Emily did not get to have a childhood; having to be brave and not whine when she stayed home alone