A Rose for Emily

            
            
             "A Rose for Emily", by William Faulkner, begins and ends with the death of.
             Emily Grierson, the main character of the story. Throughout the story Faulkner gives.
             hints that eventually lead up to the shocking revelation of Emily's character.
             Faulkner expresses the content of Emily's character through physical description, her.
             actions and feelings, through the narrator's direct comments and about her and through.
             the actions, words and feelings of other characters. Faulkner's central theme in the story.
             is "To let go of the past", Emily has a tendency to cling to the past and a reluctance to be.
             independent.
             At first glance Emily seems like a lonely woman with little self-confidence.
             and low self-esteem. Faulkner portrays Emily and her family with high statuses.
             In the story Faulkner's narrator comments that: "No one except an old man-servant a.
             combined gardner and cook, has seen the house in at least ten years".
             Emily's father is responsible for her life as a recluse. Faulkner's narrator recalls:.
             "We remember all the young men her father had driven away". Critic Donald Akers notes.
             in the story, Emily's overprotective, overbearing father denies her a normal relation.
             ship with the opposite sex by chasing away potential mates.
             It wasn't until after Emily's death that her true character was revealed when the .
             skeleton of her lover, Homer Barron, is discovered in her house. Not only did she poison.
             him, but evidence proved she slept with a corpse for years. Because of her isolation the.
             townspeople was not aware of her illness.
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             In conclusion, Emily refuses to accept change and live in the past, to.
             escape reality. Faulkner's perception is applicable in today's society as the world.
             becomes more modernized, the older generation refuse to change to adapt to the.
             modernistic improvements.