Literary Analysis One Pager
Literary Analysis One Pager
Allison Van Meter The short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner shows the way an overly protected affection could obliterate one’s life. Emily Grierson, the main character of the narrative, initially gives the reader notion of acting brutal and even crazy. But after a further look into her character, the reader could almost comprehend the way and why she happened to be the way she was. She has grown up her entire life in the same home, with the same butler, and her father’s company. These may be reasons why she became secluded and distant from reality. Emily is an introverted character; her personality includes being brutal, silent, and manic, not changing throughout the story.
Throughout the work, Emily has a drastic change mentally, socially and physically. This is seen as she changes mentally after her father’s death, but the town’s folk did not entirely notice it. Emily grows to be depressive; which directs her to her own decay.
People thought that she had a sturdy personality for the reason that she dominated the neighbors. Furthermore, the townspeople perceived Emily as a riskfree secluded woman who could be pitied because of her lonesomeness. However, toward the end of the story her evil nature is unraveled.
Emily lives for several years as a loner; she withdraws from her entire community to stay in seclusion. Miss Emily tries to eliminate herself from society by virtue of her actions her actions. "After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all. The death of her father and the shattered relationship with her boyfriend added to her attempt to live in seclusion. In addition to that, though her father was responsible for her becoming
Allison Van Meter The short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner shows the way an overly protected affection could obliterate one’s life. Emily Grierson, the main character of the narrative, initially gives the reader notion of acting brutal and even crazy. But after a further look into her character, the reader could almost comprehend the way and why she happened to be the way she was. She has grown up her entire life in the same home, with the same butler, and her father’s company. These may be reasons why she became secluded and distant from reality. Emily is an introverted character; her personality includes being brutal, silent, and manic, not changing throughout the story.
Throughout the work, Emily has a drastic change mentally, socially and physically. This is seen as she changes mentally after her father’s death, but the town’s folk did not entirely notice it. Emily grows to be depressive; which directs her to her own decay.
People thought that she had a sturdy personality for the reason that she dominated the neighbors. Furthermore, the townspeople perceived Emily as a riskfree secluded woman who could be pitied because of her lonesomeness. However, toward the end of the story her evil nature is unraveled.
Emily lives for several years as a loner; she withdraws from her entire community to stay in seclusion. Miss Emily tries to eliminate herself from society by virtue of her actions her actions. "After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all. The death of her father and the shattered relationship with her boyfriend added to her attempt to live in seclusion. In addition to that, though her father was responsible for her becoming