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    Rose for Emily

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    Escaping Loneliness In "A Rose for Emily‚" William Faulkner’s use of setting and characterization foreshadows and builds up to the climax of the story. His use of metaphors prepares the reader for the bittersweet ending. A theme of respectability and the loss of‚ is threaded throughout the story. Appropriately‚ the story begins with death‚ flashes back to the past and hints towards the demise of a woman and the traditions of the past she personifies. Faulkner has carefully crafted a multi-layered

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    “A Rose for Emily” is a short story written by William Faulkner. The narrator‚ who appears to be speaking for the townspeople‚ tells the story in first person. The reader learns about the main characterMiss Emily Grierson‚ through a re-telling of moments of her life. This discussion is an analysis of her character. Emily came from a well-respected wealthy family which the town people refer to as “the high and mighty Griersons” (Faulkner‚ 1931‚ p.31) and “representatives of those august names”

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    Rose For Emily

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    "A Rose for Emily": A Review In "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner‚ we see how past events effect the main character Miss Emily‚ especially her mental state. She seems to live in a sort of fantasy world where death has no real meaning. Miss Emily refuses to accept or even recognize‚ the death of her father or that of Colonel Satoris. She does not want to acknowledge the fact that the world around her was changing therefore Miss Emily surrounds herself with death. What Faulkner tries

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    of the most famous American writers in the American Prose since 1945. He writes a lot of novels with reality and experimentation which he has collected from society in his time and from village he has been living in years. “A rose for Emily” is one of his major works. Faulkner respectively uses ingenious ways to present his story of horror. He leaves the reader feel Emily Grierson is a pitiful heroine because she always refused to adapt to the changing times and therefore led an unfulfilled and lonely

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    a rose for emily

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    Emily Grierson‚ referred to as Miss Emily throughout the story‚ is the main character of ’A Rose for Emily‚’ written by William Faulkner. Emily is born to a proud‚ aristocratic family sometime during the Civil War; Miss Emily used to live with her father and servants‚ in a big decorated house. The Grierson Family considers themselves superior than other people of the town. According to Miss Emily’s father none of the young boys were suitable for Miss Emily. Due to this attitude of Miss Emily’s father

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    Emily’s “Rose” The characteristic of Miss Emily’s house isa symbol for her appearance as she starts aging and deteriorating with time and neglect. “It was a big‚ squarish frame house that had once been white…” Then it became an “eyesore among eyesores”. Miss Emily changed the same ways as her house did and she too became an eyesore. She had once been “a slender figure in white” and later she becomes “bloated‚ like a body long submerged in motionless water with eyes lost in the fatty ridges of

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    A Rose for Emily

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    Scattered Thoughts “A Rose for Emily” is an intriguing novel that engages the attention of all audiences because of the creative writing style of William Faulkner. Faulkner uses a means of foreshadowing‚ suspense‚ and flashback to form the plot of “A Rose for Emily” by strategically sequencing the elements together. Enough foreshadowing is provided in order to understand the overall setting and character of Emily‚ but not so much as to as to give away the surprise ending. Faulkner’s ordering of

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    Stubborn Miss Emily What can you do with a person who is stubborn to a fault? In "A Rose for Emily‚" author William Faulkner shows that the townspeople come to pity Miss Emily‚ the stubborn‚ unchanging main character in this classic short story. Miss Emily‚ a spinster whose father abjured every possible suitor‚ is an individual who cannot changer her prideful stubbornness. Faulkner uses several different methods to show this‚ such as descriptions of Miss Emily’s house‚ changes in the town that

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    A Rose for Emily

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    許景翔 01121123 class A Introduction to English and American Literature‚ Tue 78 Professor: Grace Ma Paper: A Rose For Emily Dec‚ 04‚ 2012 The Analysis of Miss Emily’s Temperament and Background It was a conservative at that time. According to the plot in this story we can tell” Dammit‚ sir‚ will you accuse a lady to her face of smelling bad?”(The Norton introduction to literature. W.W Norton & Company‚ Inc. p.393) On regular cases‚ it was impossible that our neighbor be

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    southern characters have been created to convey the representations of the South. In William Faulkner’s timeless short story “A Rose for Emily‚” Miss Emily Grierson and her father Mr. Grierson uphold the outdated ideas of chivalry and southern traditions. The Griersons are Faulkner’s commissioners of the old South. One way that Faulkner portrays Emily as a southern traditional character is in her obedience and loyalty to the southern values which are instilled by her father. Emily has the desire

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