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    In "A Rose for Emily"‚ William Faulkner uses a theme common to many of his works. The changing of values and attitudes in southern society. Miss Emily was born into a family‚ the Griersons‚ that were very established in the community. She was said to be "the last Greirson" in this southern community. The family was no longer wealthy‚ but continued to be held in high esteem after her father died. The only material thing her father left her was the family home. Miss Emily was left a pauper

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    Over the course of Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”‚ Miss Emily’s unpredictable and quirky behavior aroused a sense of curiosity amongst the readers. The readers‚ much like the townspeople in the story‚ are left wondering the cause of Miss Emily’s behavior. It could easily be inferred that Miss Emily experienced a mental disease. After evaluating her symptoms in this short story‚ it can be supported that Miss Emily suffered from schizophrenia. “Schizophrenia is a serious disorder‚ which affects how

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    “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner (1930) Emily was found crazy‚ by her over reaction to her fathers death and her man fleeing‚ left alone with nothing but her house. At first she said that her father didn’t die‚ which the town for the town people seem kind of ok reaction. After a while started to never come out of the house and these people where worried about her and her depression and poor her‚ etc; but no one seemed to do anything about it. But when the house became grotesque of dust and

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    Essay 1 – Prose Analysis This paragraph is found near the end of the short story‚ “A Rose for Emily‚” by William Faulkner. In this excerpt‚ we are thrust into the funeral of Emily‚ and the effect of her death upon the townsfolk. Emily‚ a reclusive and apparently mentally disturbed spinster‚ has been a talked about figure in the town for the majority of her years. Her life and death have been all about relationships – both of the ones she

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    causes her to become isolated from the other citizens where they do not question her actions and wishes. In “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ Miss Emily’s secretive and unfortunate life is an example of the outdated southern‚ confederate way of life that many citizens have already abandoned. Throughout her life‚ Miss Emily is confined by her father’s desires. Additionally‚ Miss Emily Grierson’s family had been a well known and affluent family in the south. Because of these reasons‚ her father

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    Eduardo Leon 5.4 Respond to the following in complete‚ well-developed sentences. 1. Upton Sinclair was called a "muckraker." How did Sinclair "muckrake" for social reform? 
uncovering the horrible working conditions for the people working in the meat industries. Americans later demanded for better working conditions. 2. Sinclair was convinced ".... through art one could cause change." What was established as a direct result of the public outcry from this novel? The pure food and

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    by self-imposed thoughts of not belonging with society or by being rejected by others leading to the feeling of loneliness. Just as in the short story “A Rose for Emily”‚ in which William Faulkner conveys the struggle of loneliness and isolation from the inability to adapt and accept change. This is emphasized through the relationship Miss Emily had with her father‚ Homer Barron‚ and society itself. Miss Emily’s father plays a vital role in the development of her character that leads to her loneliness

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    add detail to the overall plot. It can show how drastically things have may changed from earlier years to the more present. For instance in Faulkner’s‚ “A Rose for Emily”‚ he uses the time of the story to correlate to the land. “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

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    Have you accepted the fact that you are going to die one day? No matter what you do‚ there is nothing you can do to prevent death. Its a part of nature. In Willam Faulkner’s A Rose for EmilyEmily attempts to escaped death by controlling it. Due to her sickness called necrophilia‚ Emily kept her father’s body at her house after is death. She also killed the man that she was suppose to marry named Homer Barron and also trapped his body in her house. This reveals Emily’s disturbing attempt to

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    In the short story “A Rose For Emily‚” by William Faulkner‚ Miss Emily Grierson is a woman who grew up in a well-privileged and respected family from the South raised by a very strict father. In the story‚ the affects of the death of her father are revealed leading her to be unsocial and hardly ever seen in town until a Northern man‚ Homer Barron‚ comes into town. Emily and Homer have a romantic relationship that surprises everyone around town especially since her father would not approve of them

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