Depiction Of Typical Old South And Using American Civil War
Depiction of typical Old South and using American Civil War as background. William Faulkner produced his famous short story A Rose for Emily which describes a tragic story of a southern girl named Emily Grierson. Emily Grierson was born in old southern aristocratic family whose life was heavily influenced by her father. When she was young she had many suitors but according to her father none of them were good enough for her. During, the time when her father was alive Emily was seen as figure to be admired but never touched. She was depicted more like a highly-respected person in the eyes of towns people. When her father passed away, it was devastating loss for Emily. As she was unable to develop any close relationship with outside world and
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Unexpectedly he didn’t want to marry her. Her lover’s background was different from her. He represented new class and culture of north-travelling a lot, having good time and being irresponsible. He was not serious about love and just flirted. However, Emily came from a typical aristocratic southern background as her moral values were incompatible to Homer’s moral values. The love between two different people who came from completely different backgrounds ended in despair. When Homer later deserted her, she was deeply hurt and she couldn’t bear the insult of being rejected. Thus, it developed a conflict between them and she killed Homer and later homer was never seen in the town again.
The murder of Homer made Emily’s dominant as the following lines depict “"a window that had been dark was lighted and Miss Emily sat in it, the light behind her”. After the death of Homer, “she had grown fat and her hair was turning gray” and according to the people of town “her hair grew grayer and grayer until it attained an even pepper and salt iron-gray, when it ceased turning”. Therefore, these lines suggest that Emily went through a lot of pain and bitter sufferings that resulted in her quick change of hairs. Finally, Emily became old as the author describes her in following
Unexpectedly he didn’t want to marry her. Her lover’s background was different from her. He represented new class and culture of north-travelling a lot, having good time and being irresponsible. He was not serious about love and just flirted. However, Emily came from a typical aristocratic southern background as her moral values were incompatible to Homer’s moral values. The love between two different people who came from completely different backgrounds ended in despair. When Homer later deserted her, she was deeply hurt and she couldn’t bear the insult of being rejected. Thus, it developed a conflict between them and she killed Homer and later homer was never seen in the town again.
The murder of Homer made Emily’s dominant as the following lines depict “"a window that had been dark was lighted and Miss Emily sat in it, the light behind her”. After the death of Homer, “she had grown fat and her hair was turning gray” and according to the people of town “her hair grew grayer and grayer until it attained an even pepper and salt iron-gray, when it ceased turning”. Therefore, these lines suggest that Emily went through a lot of pain and bitter sufferings that resulted in her quick change of hairs. Finally, Emily became old as the author describes her in following