A Rose For Emily Symbolism Essay

William Faulkner was a talented American writer, who won a Nobel Prize, from Mississippi. He is recognized for his remarkable work in literature through novellas and novels; he also wrote essays, a play, and poetry. In the story A Rose for Emily, Faulkner narrates a woman’s life, death, and funeral. Throughout this short story, he uses distinct symbolism and major themes that cannot be comparable to any other author of his time. Also the way he depicts his characters play a major role in the success of his stories.
In this short story, Faulkner uses an abundant amount of symbolism and usage of themes. The most evident theme shown is isolation, this is through both emotional and physical states. Emily grew up to see herself above other residents,
First the main character, Miss Emily who is a southern woman who feels imprisoned in a society determined on making her stay in her social class. She tries to stray away for the social norm, but is unsuccessful and stays in her social class. Miss Emily is a tragic character, but the audience observes her from the outside, which only lets them learn about her indirectly, this is why Emily is called "impervious." Following would be Homer Barron, who is the man Emily kills. With the information about Homer, he is not a compassionate character, this is because the town does not like him; the reasons for this is, because he is a charming northerner, and a supervisor in town working on a sidewalk-paving project. It is never known how close he and Emily actually are in regards to their companionship or why he went to visit her that last time, or how he ended up dead in the bed. It is not known if he did, or was going to, end their relationship, before she killed him. Throughout the story these two characters are the only to have a great enough impact, to analyze.
Faulkner is known to be one of America’s most significant writers, A Rose for Emily was the first story he had published in a national magazine. So it could be said that this story is a start for William Faulkner’s journey to greatness. This short story covers every facet of English literature and assists students to have a better understanding of the various