Symbolism in A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

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In most stories an object can be explained to the reader if the writer uses a symbol to represent it. The flag for the United States is a symbolism of America; it contains fifty stars to represent the fifty states that we have. It also has thirteen horizontal stripes to represent the thirteen colonies. Everything in the world represents a thing; every object or thing has a symbol to it. For instance being a United States American citizen symbols you can live in the United States of America and you are an American citizen, which means you were born here in the U.S. If you weren’t you couldn’t be able to live in the United States. A bald eagle roams free without any worries, strong, independent, and fearless, this is why it symbols the United States of America. The U.S. symbolizes freedom. Your race also represents a symbolism of who you are and where you came from. If you’re a Mexican you came from a Hispanic family. If you’re black you came from an African American family. If you’re White you came from a Caucasian family. Your race represents you and your family. A Rose for Emily” the writer uses symbolism with objects and characters to represent a meaning; you don’t really know what represents what until you go into detail. In the novel, it goes back in time from the present, past, and then back to the present. Emily Grierson was the talk of the town when she passed away. The townspeople all went to her funeral. While they were there they talked about the way she was and use to be. They went back in time about thirty years ago. Emily was just like everyone else, young, beautiful and rich. She lived with her father, who was in control over her. Men would want to take her out and the answer to her father was no. she wouldn’t go ... ... middle of paper ... ...ow beside Homer Barron. Works Cited Faulkner, William. “A Rose for Emily.” Heritage of American Literature. Ed. James E. Miller. Vol. 2. Austin: Harcout Brace Jovanovich, 1991. 1215. Print. Madison Cavell Editors. “The Role of the Townspeople in Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily’.” Madisoncavelle Wordpress. N.p. 15 Oct 2012. Web. 17 Mar 2014. Shmoop Editors. “Homer Barron” Shmoop. Shmoop University, Inc., n.d. Web. 17 Mar 2014. Shmoop Editors. “Lime and Arsenic.” Shmoop. Shmoop University, Inc., n.d. Web. 17 Mar 2014. Shmoop Editors. “The Poket Watch, the Stationary, and the Hair.” Shmoop.Shmoop University, Inc., n.d. Web. 17 Mar 2014. Study Mode Editores. “Symbols in ‘A Rose for Emily’.” Study Mode. Study mode, Inc. 1 Nov 2012. Web. 17 Mar 2014. Phillips, Lee. “‘A Rose for Emily’ Rhetorical Analysis.” Teenink. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar 2014.

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