A Rose for Emily

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“A Rose for Emily”
“A Rose for Emily” is a story that revolves around a woman known as Emily Grierson but miss Emily is the name used all through the novel. Emily is born and brought up in an aristocratic homestead at the time of the civil war. Her family sees itself as more superior than other folks in the town since as per her father, none of the men were suitable to marry Emily “So when she got to be thirty and was still single” (Faulkner, William, & Noel 257). Because of this attitude from her father, Miss Emily had a poor relationship with others, but it seems her life revolves around her father. In the story, William Faulkner meticulously describes the house Miss Emily resides. His portrayal helps the audience to picture a rotting Mississippi town during the post-war period. Additionally, the audience learned that Miss Emily was inflexible to change. Miss Emily is the main character since she does not change throughout the story.
Her arrogance is among the reasons that make her live in isolation is a small town. She had no pals nor suitors due to pressure and how her father treated her. Allusions are employed differently in the story. The oppressive influence of Emily’s father when trying to overprotect her is the central aspect that isolated her from the society “So when she got to be thirty and was still single” (Faulkner, William, & Noel 257). Her father thought his daughter was better than her peers. This made Emily grow awkwardly and sociopathic.

Despite her father’s controlling character, she worships him, and this caused her to lose her mind and killed the man she loved due to fear of being rejected. Another allusion used in the story is when Faulkner compares the protagonist to the fallen soldiers who perished long ago when he referred to the battle of Jefferson. This made her look like a kind of relic, and it came to happen.
The author’s use of foreshadowing in the tale is not arranged in sequitur manner, and this appears to contribute to the terrible ending of the story. The smell around Miss Emily’s house foreshadowed the end of the story. This persisted until Emily’s neighbor whines to old Judge Steven as he pronounces “but what will you have me do about it, madam” (Faulkner, William, & Noel 257). This made Stevens to reply “Dammit, sir,” Judge Stevens said, “Will you accuse a lady to her face of smelling bad?” (Faulkner, William, & Noel 257). Additionally, Faulkner employs foreshadowing in the setting. Miss Emily’s house which was dark and isolated was used as the setting of the story. Numerous questions like what happens inside the house rings in audience’s minds. The third person narrator contributed to the foreshadowing, and this made the audience to become more confused.
While the initial audience reaction to the tale might be one of fear or disgust, the author employed two literary styles that created a continuous whole and made the story too fascinating. The thrilling, random order of events, and the storyteller’s shifting viewpoint, which stresses on Emily’s purpose, her unfriendliness, and her pride reduces the dreadfulness and the disgust of her movements. The central theme of this tale pertains to deterioration of the Old South. The protagonist grew up in a society that views women as dependent on men and that they should be taken care of by males. On the contrary, her father left her miserable while she was too old for marriage. This made her resort to other means while looking for what she needed. She slept next to the corpse since she was scared to be alone and also she didn’t know how to let go “Then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation of a head” (Faulkner, William, & Noel 264).

Work cited
Faulkner, William, and Noel Polk. A rose for Emily. Harcourt College Publishers, 2000.