A Rose For Emily Psychopath Analysis
Written by William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily” is a short story on an old southern lady by the name of Miss Emily Grierson. She used to be a mentally normal person, but the death of her father struck her deeply. This caused her to mold into a more unstable state. More popularly known a ‘psychopath’. The fear of abandonment, denial, avoidance, displacement, the oedipal complex, and regression which is constantly recycled throughout the story, she undergoes depression, repression, and recovery; even if she never experiences full salvage. Miss Emily’s behavior in the beginning compared to that of at the end is very relatable. Almost every concept that was listed above can be directly applied back and forth, from beginning to end. The concepts also follow a solid chain reaction from those very same checkpoints, and it all starts with her father. It is plausible to say that Miss Emily started falling apart when her father had died. When in reality she was already in the process of breakdown when her father was alive and well. It was just that when he died, it pushed her on the edge. Mr. Grierson bullied away every young man that wanted to be with Miss Emily. Over time, this caused an unstable
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Mr. Grierson may or may not have such a routine if he himself had not felt abandoned. Miss Emily did have many problems, but it was not just after her father had died like the town’s people proclaimed. It was an inside deal that begun when he was alive and well. She and her father were unconscious of their own actions and psychological pattern. It may have been processed on their own doing, or passed down from old lady Wyatt. Where it did the trait come from? The answer is unclear. But what we do know is how she went from being well known to the town as "…a tradition, a duty, and a care."(794); to nothing more than a new sad, daunting story for the town's people to tell their
Mr. Grierson may or may not have such a routine if he himself had not felt abandoned. Miss Emily did have many problems, but it was not just after her father had died like the town’s people proclaimed. It was an inside deal that begun when he was alive and well. She and her father were unconscious of their own actions and psychological pattern. It may have been processed on their own doing, or passed down from old lady Wyatt. Where it did the trait come from? The answer is unclear. But what we do know is how she went from being well known to the town as "…a tradition, a duty, and a care."(794); to nothing more than a new sad, daunting story for the town's people to tell their