Essay On Miss Emily Grierson
Miss Emily Grierson is the main character in the short story, A Rose for Emily, written by William Faulkner. The story discusses the life of Miss Emily and the influences of different people, specifically men, in her life. It also shows her isolation from society and what everyone else thinks of her. The different traits that she has are portrayed throughout the story, including the horrifying secret she keeps, that is discovered at the conclusion of the story, questioning the stableness of her mentality. Miss Emily is a woman whose experiences in life led her mind to an indistinguishable line between illusion and reality.
Miss Emily “had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town” when she was alive. The people around her always looked upon her with sympathy and what could be collected as a proprietary relationship. Many people in the town glorified her, by creating the image of Miss Emily as a dignified lady with a family history that certified respect. In truth, Emily was no more than a woman living forever in her past, under the rules and regulations of her father, consequently, even after he died. “The day after [her father’s] death...Miss Emily …show more content…
She continued to claim that she “has no taxes in Jefferson” and refused to pay them, similarly when “the town got free postal delivery, Miss Emily alone refused to let them fasten the metal numbers above her door.” After the death of her father, the people in the town believed that at last they could pity Miss Emily” because left alone and without any man in her life, “she had become humanized.” Whether that is how they chose to define her increasing absurdity or they were just turning a blind eye towards what had begun to form within her, it seemed that as the town modernized, Miss Emily grew into something old and
Miss Emily “had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town” when she was alive. The people around her always looked upon her with sympathy and what could be collected as a proprietary relationship. Many people in the town glorified her, by creating the image of Miss Emily as a dignified lady with a family history that certified respect. In truth, Emily was no more than a woman living forever in her past, under the rules and regulations of her father, consequently, even after he died. “The day after [her father’s] death...Miss Emily …show more content…
She continued to claim that she “has no taxes in Jefferson” and refused to pay them, similarly when “the town got free postal delivery, Miss Emily alone refused to let them fasten the metal numbers above her door.” After the death of her father, the people in the town believed that at last they could pity Miss Emily” because left alone and without any man in her life, “she had become humanized.” Whether that is how they chose to define her increasing absurdity or they were just turning a blind eye towards what had begun to form within her, it seemed that as the town modernized, Miss Emily grew into something old and