Issues In A Rose For Emily
In “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, the author gives the reader an idea of what it was like to live during an old southern community. Miss Emily is the main character of the story and the town reticules every decision she makes during her life. The townspeople of Yoknapatawpha County, are from southern Mississippi from the time period of 1861-1933. This time period is important because it was when people thought low of African Americans and held prestigious people on a pedestal. Emily was one of these people on the pedestal and her life was continuously hurt from not being able to find true love. These problems in her life all started when her overprotective father would shelter her, causing her to have issues with being obsessive herself
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Emily felt so depressed that, “After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all.”(Faulkner). Emily isolates herself from the community completely once her father dies and does not leave her house. However, once she finally leaves her house she meets a young man from the North whose name is Homer Barron. This is Emily’s first chance to meet somebody without her overprotective father pushing them away. Emily begins to fall in love Homer and forgets about all the grief that her father’s death brought her. This is short feeling however, because Homer tells Emily that he is leaving town soon. She once again goes back into depression and decides to take matters into her own hands. Shortly after finding out about Homer’s plans, Emily decides to go buy arsenic. This is another extraordinary example of Emily receiving her father’s obsessive traits from him. Her mindset is that if she can not have Homer, then no body can. Arsenic is a type of posing which is being put to use by posing Homer inside her home. Due to Emily’s coping skills, she could not handle the fact that she is going to lose another person she loves. Since she is not taught to handle these type of situations, her life continues to be negative. This is a result from her father and how the community sees her decisions she makes during her
Emily felt so depressed that, “After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all.”(Faulkner). Emily isolates herself from the community completely once her father dies and does not leave her house. However, once she finally leaves her house she meets a young man from the North whose name is Homer Barron. This is Emily’s first chance to meet somebody without her overprotective father pushing them away. Emily begins to fall in love Homer and forgets about all the grief that her father’s death brought her. This is short feeling however, because Homer tells Emily that he is leaving town soon. She once again goes back into depression and decides to take matters into her own hands. Shortly after finding out about Homer’s plans, Emily decides to go buy arsenic. This is another extraordinary example of Emily receiving her father’s obsessive traits from him. Her mindset is that if she can not have Homer, then no body can. Arsenic is a type of posing which is being put to use by posing Homer inside her home. Due to Emily’s coping skills, she could not handle the fact that she is going to lose another person she loves. Since she is not taught to handle these type of situations, her life continues to be negative. This is a result from her father and how the community sees her decisions she makes during her