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    A Rose For   Emily Necrophilia typically means a sexual attraction to dead bodies. In a broader sense‚ there also describes a powerful desire to control   another‚ usually in the context of a romantic or deeply personal relationship. Necrophiliacs tend to be so controlling in their relationships that they ultimately resort to bonding with unresponsive entities with no resistance or will- in other words‚ with dead bodies. In William Faulkner’s ‘A Rose For Emily’‚ Emily seemed   to be isolated and

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    In A Rose for Emily‚ William Faulkner tells the story of Miss Emily Grierson‚ who isolated herself from the people of Jefferson‚ a former Civil War battleground and the town she called home. From the outside‚ Emily appears as a normal southern belle living in the bitter times of the Reconstruction era; although her vindictive neighbors tend to think otherwise of her presence. Emily’s rough past with her controlling father lead to a pattern of silent yet deceitful behaviors. Following her father’s

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    Mental Diagnosis for Emily In the short story “A Rose for Emily”‚ the reader can conclude that Emily appears to have had schizophrenia by way she interacts in the town. Emily’s mental problems start to come to light to the reader when she begins having hallucinations. The reader gains further background and further sees mental instability in Emily right after her father dies. The town people also begin to see that there are mental issues with Emily‚ yet do not want to make it known to keep the integrity

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    A Rose For Emily In many stories characters isolate themselves for society‚ due to events of their past. Extreme isolation can cause can cause loneliness in one’s life. In ’’A Rose For Emily’’‚ the author seems to portray that such isolation can cause someone to do an unspeakable act. Isolation and loneliness in any case will cause some behavioral issues. The main character‚ Emily Grierson lives her life under her father. Her father thinks that no man is good enough for his daughter. Therefore

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    A Rose for Emily is a short story written by William Faulkner in 1931. The story takes place in a fictional city called Jefferson‚ Mississippi. The story starts with the end telling about Emily Grierson’s death. Following that‚ it jumps to the beginning where her father dies. Next it jumps to when she is very ill before death. Followed by Homer rejecting here which was before that. Then finally to her own death. Emily lived with her controlling father‚ he never let her date or marry anyone. When

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    The Mystery of Emily Grierson As remarkable a story as A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner was‚ the irony presented about Miss Emily’s life was truly remarkable. The life and death of Emily Grierson drew a lot of attention from the entire town. Faulkner’s description of the women in the town seemed to make the audience feel as if they were curious about her way of life. This short story was set in the town of Jefferson where for many years Miss Emily lived with her father. When her father passed

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    The Spread of Germs in In our everyday life we see students doing things like coughing‚ sneezing‚ not being clean‚ or simply not washing their hands. Students do not realize that all these factors can affect their health. There are many ways that we can prevent health problems being passed in the campus caused by eating in the incorrect place. One solution to help out health is reducing the spread of little creatures that live in our hands‚ personal belongings‚ and foods. The most common way

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    Let’s Be Glad Mirrors Only Show Us Our Reflection and Nothing Else “Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearances only.” (Samuel Butler). The countless hours we all spend in front of the mirror getting all gussied up to go out‚ the extra hours in the gym‚ the tears we cry and sometimes we don’t even know why—all the extra things we do in our house to make sure that when we go out‚ we don’t get judged. We make sure that when we go out‚ we only let people see what we want

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    A Rose for Emily Explication “It was a big‚ squarish frame house that had once been white‚ decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies‚ set on what had once been our most select street. But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily’s house was left‚ lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps—an eyesore among eyesores.

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    William Faulkner(威廉·福克纳) * (1897-1962) * “A Rose for Emily” * 1931 * American | Significant & Visual Passages: a) “When Miss Emily Grierson died‚ our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument‚” “Alive‚ Miss Emily had been a tradition‚ a duty‚ and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town.” (P409)---Emily acts as an embodiment of the old tradition. She is the spiritual pillar of the people who still live in their old

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