Rose For Emily
Criticizing “A Rose for Emily”
Although it is only six pages long , “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner has gained a lot of attention from critics. The story has been interpreted in numerous ways. Myself I consider the story to be very interesting as well as complex if you are a reader who tends to drift off in thought as I do. I consider the story to be a horror story in a way with a surprising twist. William Faulkner has written a lot of stories and out of the ones I have read this has to be the most interesting to me.
The unnamed narrator of “A Rose for Emily” serves as the town’s collective voice. Critics have debated whether it is a man or woman; a former lover of Emily Grierson’s; the boy who remembers the sight of Mr. Grierson in …show more content…
The narrator confesses “Already weknew” that an upstairs bedroom had been sealed up. However, we never find out just how the narratorknows about the room. More important, at this point, for the first time in the story, the narrator uses the pronoun “they” instead of “we” to refer to the townspeople. First, he says, “Already we knew that there was one room” Then he changes to, “They waited until Miss Emily was decently in the groundbefore they opened it.” (Faulkner)This is an important change. Until now, the narrator has willingly groupe himself with the rest of the townspeople, accepting the community’s actions, thoughts, and speculations as his own. Here, however, the narrator distances himself from the action, as though the breaking down of the door is something he can’t bring himself to. The shift is quick, and he returns to “we” in the passages that follow, but it gives u an important clue about the who the narrator is. Whoever he was, the narrator cared for Emily, despite her eccentricities and horrible, desperate act. In a town that treated her as an oddity and, finally, a horror, a kind, sympathetic gesture—even one as slight as symbolically looking away when the private door is forced open—stands …show more content…
John L. Skinner believes that the story retaliated with an almost obsessive interest. “A Rose for Emily” has become one of Faulkner's most analyzed stories and with some hundred articles devoted to it, there is little encouragement for further interpretation. Skinner calls the story as well as writing style “ingenious, but misguided.”i agree with him but then at the same time I do disagree.
Another critic for '”A Rose for Emily” is Gene M. Moore. Moore pretty much believes that the story is very complex and well written. She does not believe that the story is obsessed over she thinks it deserves all the attention ever brought to it. Moore's favorite writer is said to be Faulkner. She believes this selection is one of his best
Although it is only six pages long , “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner has gained a lot of attention from critics. The story has been interpreted in numerous ways. Myself I consider the story to be very interesting as well as complex if you are a reader who tends to drift off in thought as I do. I consider the story to be a horror story in a way with a surprising twist. William Faulkner has written a lot of stories and out of the ones I have read this has to be the most interesting to me.
The unnamed narrator of “A Rose for Emily” serves as the town’s collective voice. Critics have debated whether it is a man or woman; a former lover of Emily Grierson’s; the boy who remembers the sight of Mr. Grierson in …show more content…
The narrator confesses “Already weknew” that an upstairs bedroom had been sealed up. However, we never find out just how the narratorknows about the room. More important, at this point, for the first time in the story, the narrator uses the pronoun “they” instead of “we” to refer to the townspeople. First, he says, “Already we knew that there was one room” Then he changes to, “They waited until Miss Emily was decently in the groundbefore they opened it.” (Faulkner)This is an important change. Until now, the narrator has willingly groupe himself with the rest of the townspeople, accepting the community’s actions, thoughts, and speculations as his own. Here, however, the narrator distances himself from the action, as though the breaking down of the door is something he can’t bring himself to. The shift is quick, and he returns to “we” in the passages that follow, but it gives u an important clue about the who the narrator is. Whoever he was, the narrator cared for Emily, despite her eccentricities and horrible, desperate act. In a town that treated her as an oddity and, finally, a horror, a kind, sympathetic gesture—even one as slight as symbolically looking away when the private door is forced open—stands …show more content…
John L. Skinner believes that the story retaliated with an almost obsessive interest. “A Rose for Emily” has become one of Faulkner's most analyzed stories and with some hundred articles devoted to it, there is little encouragement for further interpretation. Skinner calls the story as well as writing style “ingenious, but misguided.”i agree with him but then at the same time I do disagree.
Another critic for '”A Rose for Emily” is Gene M. Moore. Moore pretty much believes that the story is very complex and well written. She does not believe that the story is obsessed over she thinks it deserves all the attention ever brought to it. Moore's favorite writer is said to be Faulkner. She believes this selection is one of his best