A Rose For Emily by William Faulkner Essay -- A Rose For Emily, Willia

In the story A Rose for Emily, by William Faulkner the storyteller introduces the reader to Emily Grierson, a sheltered southern woman who while awake(p) struggled immensely with her sanity and the evolving world around her. Emilys bring forth, a very reputable man is the cause of Emilys senseless behavior. He kept her secluded from the ministration of the town We remembered all the young men her father had driven away... (Page 3.) If Emily had been allowed to come across and socialize with people her own age would she had turned out differently.Emily Grierson, the only remaining member of the upper class Grierson family refuses to leave the past so-and-so her however as the next generation begins to take over. dominate Emily becomes so caught up in the way things were in the old South that she refuses to commit her taxes forcing the Board of Aldermen to pay her a visit. Upon entering her home the men acquire that her house is still heavily furnished with old leather f urniture. another(prenominal) indication that Emily is clinging to the past by refusing to throw away the furniture even though it is ragged and useless. Page 1 They could see that the leather was chapped and when they sat down, a faint dust rose sluggishly virtually their thighs... Holding on to these possessions reminds Emily of the way things used to be before her father passed away. The narrator also gives the reader its archetypical clue that maybe Miss Emily isnt mentally stable Page 2 See Colonel Sartoris. I fork out no taxes in Jefferson. Emily replied to the men in regards to her non paid taxes even though Colonel Sartoris had been dead for over ten years. But why did Colonel Sartoris make up the false statement that Emilys father had loaned the town money in the first place? Page 1 Colonel... ...decorated for a bride. Every thing that Emily had bought that twenty-four hours in town ( the toilet set, the mens clothing) was found in that path along with the body of an unknown man and a strand of venerable hair on the second pillow next to the body.Was Miss Emily to darned for the death of Homer, or was it the towns fault for never interfering and trying to stimulate her professional help? Every knew that insanity ran in her family but quite of helping her the town pitied Miss Emily and her situation grew out of hand. As a reader of this story I understand her taking Homers life, she never had anyone to pick out and when she found Homer she thought he would be the man she would slip by the rest of her life with. Works CitedFaulkner, William. A Rose for Emily. Literature variant Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed. Robert DiYanni. 6th ed. New York McGraw Hill, 2008. Print.