The use of symbolism by Faulkner was also very important in this story. It seems as if Emily is ignoring her problems because of the relationship she had with her father, and now he is gone. The portrait of Emily and her father shows how he dominated her. "Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled silhouette in the foreground, his back to her and clutching a horsewhip" (25). Her father is the dominant figure in the portrait, holding a tool used for controlling. Emily is wearing white and is in the back of the picture probably blending in and almost unnoticeable. This gives an idea that her father was in charge and that everything went according to what he said. Even when he dies, the house does not change. To Emily, it is still her father's house. There are dark, gloomy colors associated with the interior of the house, not images that one would expect from a house owned by a woman. But now since he is gone, she does not have anyone making the decisions for her. She associates all men to be like her father and that is why she thinks that Homer is going to leave her. There is so much sympathy that you have for Emily after having to deal with her father.
An interesting feature of the story is that it starts at her funeral and then goes back to the past to tell us the events that lead to her death. This use of the plot by Faulkner is effective in building up to the climax of the story. It tells us in the beginning of the story that Emily is dead and the town has gone to her funeral. This is important because the beginning is already giving us a reason to feel sorrow towards Emily because she is dead. Then it moves on and tells us the events that lead to her decision to murder Homer. It goes back to when she was alive and tells us all the things she has had to deal with through life. It makes you feel really bad for her. Even though in the end, we find out that she has poisoned Homer but we do not look at her as a killer.
The tones change throughout the story from sympathy to suspicion. ... Later she asks the druggist for some arsenic, and he explains that by law she has to say for what she intends to use it. ... By these actions she sees herself as over everyone else. ... Emily's father played a big role in Emily's life. ... Then he disappeared so everyone started feeling sorry for her again. ...
Almost everyone is familiar with his works. ... This is the reason why Miss Emily has a great fear of rejection and abandonment. ... Unlike today, these were times everybody knows everyone in town and neighborhood has a profound affect in each family. ... Although she is isolated from everyone, the town seems to be obsessed with her. ... In a way, readers can find sympathy for Miss Emily, as a faithful lover and a lonely spinster. ...
Humankind has enjoyed different types of narratives which make up a large part of the background from where modern story emerged. ... Emily Grierson was an important person to the town, everyone attended her funeral but no one really knew her since she had a dark and lonely life. ... "Lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps - an eyesore among eyesores" (Kennedy, 33); describing the house which has aged instead of modernizing with the improvement of the city which in some way is like Emily's physical and mental decline. ... The narrator...
Reed treat Jane with disgust but her children as well show Jane no sympathy or kindness. ... Heathcliff, the central figure in Wuthering Heights, has none of the redeeming qualities Jane has. ... He even strangles an innocent dog; he is vindictive, mean and desires revenge at the cost of everyone. ... In Wuthering Heights Catherine acts out on it and as a result everyone's lives are effected. ... Emily, contrastly, portrays a passionate love that is also destructive and hurts everyone involved. ...
He soon finds out that Sophie has six toes she is deviant. ... For instance, Aunt Harriet who came to get help from her sister Emily Strom. ... Now he says this child you were with has six toes. ... This shows how cruel Joseph is when dealing with deviants; Joseph does not show sympathy to anyone. ... Hiding your true identity because exposing yourself to everyone can get you killed. ...
Emily Bronte adapts the persona of the different narrators so she could build up a layered character which to a lot of thinking to get to the real Heathcliff. ... It is like he punishing everyone in his life and surroundings because of his hard life and his broken heart that Catherine damaged. ... Know he will feel even lower because she has come back posh and elegant where he has gone down hill. ... Heathcliff shows sympathy for the weak and the ill. ... He carries on as usual not expressing his feeling and his sympathy. ...
"I am her mother and I have the key" The mother knows that she has the "key" to her daughter Emily's mind, she just needs to express her feelings. ... Emily ended up winning first place. ... "I knew I would loose her sometime" The narrator showing that she has no sympathy for the death of her child... This shows that Chatos Father has no support for him. ... This relationship should have never happened in the first place and now everyone in the story is feeling the repercussions of Mr. and Mrs. ...
Rochester, and her sister Emily's Heathcliff assume strong influences of Byronic heroes. ... Heathcliff spends the majority of his existence caught up in a spiteful vengeance towards everyone around him. ... He has an intense aversion to sympathy and can't stand helping someone. ... He is a master of manipulating other people's feelings and he manages to maintain some semblance of sympathy in Isabella and Cathy. ... At the end of Jane Eyre, Rochester is humbled and has realized his hopes while still alive. ...
Romeo and Juliet - The Betrayal of the Adults to Juliet In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the adults betray Juliet becausethey are unable to understand her. Juliet's parents, Capulet and LadyCapulet, fail to understands Juliet's decision not to marry Paris. TheNurse fails Juliet by not supporting Juliet's decision to remain married toRomeo. The final adult to fail Juliet is Friar Lawrence who does notcomprehend Juliet and Romeo's love for each other. These misunderstandingscause the adults to betray Juliet. ...
