Mental illnesses affect individuals in many ways. Some can manage the illness, so they can have a sense of normalcy in their life. Other individuals live become overwhelmed by their illness. The actions they perform may seem socially unacceptable. By analyzing “A Rose for Emily” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” readers can recognize that both protagonists suffer from autophobia, sensory processing disorder, and paraphilia. Autophobia is a phobia that has a different meaning for each person. According to Dr. Eric Chan, a clinical psychologist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, the main definition of autophobia is the fear of being alone or lonely” (1). The symptoms of autophobia can range from being overcome by the feelings of anxiety from anticipating the fear of loneliness to becoming isolated when the person is alone. As stated by Dr. Eric Chan, even when individuals with autophobia is physically safe, “they may live in fear of being unloved and being unwanted” (1). Therefore, people with autophobia live in constant distress because they are horrified of being alone or lonely for the rest of their lives. As most people know most phobias are treated with exposure therapy. The individual will be exposed to their fear of being alone constantly, so autophobia …show more content…
will not limit their quality of life. First, the doctor might expose their patient in a setting controlled by them. Over time the patient’s doctor will have them experience a real-life situation. If exposure proves to be futile, they will prescribe medications such as sedatives to minimize the feelings of anxiety. Emily, the protagonists of the story “A Rose for Emily” autophobia when the important people in her life left her. As stated in the story “after her father’s death, she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away people hardly saw her at all” (2). The men in Emily’s life deserted her. She felt unloved and unwanted because the love of her life abandoned her days after her only living parent died. According to Dr. Eric Chan, Emily suffered from the feeling of being “detached from the body when alone”(1). Therefore, when Homer Barron tried leaving her, she could not let him go Another mental illness that affects individual’s lives is sensory processing disorder. As reported by Cristina Bolanos, a researcher for Occupational Therapy International, sensory processing disorder is a complex disorder in which people “over-respond, under-respond, or excessively seek out intense sensory experiences” (154). Depending if the person over-responds or under-responds to sensory sensations, the symptoms will be different. If a person over-responds to the sensations, then they cannot hear loud noises, see a bright light, smell fragrances that can be overwhelming, or taste food that may be too sweet or spicy because of their senses it too sensitive. If a person under-responds to the sensations, then the symptoms will be the exact opposite. Since they under-respond to strong sensations, they can ignore food, smells, noises, and light that submerge other people. Emily suffers from hypo sensory processing disorder.
Throughout the story, nothing affected Emily’s senses. For example, Emily’s house looked so disgusting, the women in the town were not shocked when “a smell developed” (2). The smell soon became unbearable to the townspeople. Emily stayed in the house constantly; for this reason, she should have noticed the ghastly stench before the townspeople complained. The reason why Emily did not odor because according to Cristina Bolanos individuals who suffer from hypo sensory processing disorder cannot “respond to sensory input in a typical manner” (154). Therefore, the smell which caused the townspeople to cringe in disgust had no effect on
Emily. While Emily suffers from hypo sensory processing disorder, Roderick Usher suffers from hyper-sensory processing disorder. According to the story, Roderick suffered from “morbid acuteness of the senses” (5). Since his senses were hyperactive he had to wear “garments of certain texture”(5). The smell of flowers, faint light, and sounds from instruments caused him great pain. Roderick could not live his life without being overwhelmed by his senses. As reported by Dayna Abraham, author of the book Sensory Processing 101, people who suffer from hyper-sensory processing disorder can be “overstimulated by the world around them” which causes them to “seek additional input”(6). Sensory processing disorder had such a major impact on Roderick’s life, he could not live in the outside world.
The author, William Faulkner, has a collection of books, short stories, and poems under his name. Through his vast collection of works, Faulkner attempts to discuss and bring awareness to numerous aspects of life. More often than not, his works were created to reflect aspects of life found within the south. Family dynamics, race, gender, social class, war, incest, racism, suicide, necrophilia, and mental illness are just some of the aspects that Faulkner explored. In “A Rose for Emily” the aspects of necrophilia and mental illness along with the societal biases that were observed in a small-town setting are seen to be a part of this captivating story. These aspects ultimately intertwine with the idea of insanity that characterizes “A Rose for Emily.
In "A Rose for Emily" and "Barn Burning," William Faulkner creates two characters worthy of comparison. Emily Grierson, a recluse from Jefferson, Mississippi, is an important figure in the town, despite spending most of her life in seclusion. On the contrary, Abner Snopes is a loud, fiery-tempered man that most people tend to avoid. If these characters are judged by reputation and outward appearance only, the conclusion would be that Emily Grierson and Abner Snopes are complete opposites. However, despite the external differences, these two characters have surprisingly similar personalities.
William Faulkner has written some of the most unique novels and short stories of any author, and, to this day, his stories continue to be enjoyed by many. Both “Barn Burning” and “A Rose for Emily” tell about the life of southern people and their struggles with society, but Faulkner used the dramatic settings of these two stories to create a mood unlike any other and make the audience feel like they too were a part of these southern towns. These two stories have many similarities in there setting, but they also have many differences to that make them unique and interesting.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily uses setting, characterization, and figurative language to show us how old money is selfish and responsible with their money and how new money is selfless, but uses their money unwisely.
In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe and “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner both main characters are portrayed as irrational and are isolated from reality. The narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart” murders an elderly man, as he is fearful of the man’s eye. Emily Grierson in “A Rose for Emily” lives secluded from society, until she marries a man, Homer. She ultimately kills Homer in his bed and leaves his body to decompose for many years. Both the narrator in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” and Emily Grierson in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” deny reality so vehemently that they isolate themselves from reality. Their isolation and denial of reality cause both to commit murder.
In Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” the three characters are the unknown narrator, the narrators old time friend Roderick Usher, and Roderick’s sister Madeline Usher. The three characters are unique people with distinct characteristics, but they are tied together by the same type of “mental disorder”. They all suffer from insanity but they each respond to it differently. Roderick and his sister seem to have a spiritual attatchment, and the narrator begins to get sucked into it.
In “Schizophrenia,” the author uses symbolism to personify the house. Although both stories have similarities, they have notorious differences that make them special. “A Rose for Emily” depicts death, murder, economic disadvantage, political issues, social change, and women’s struggle in society. In the other hand, “Schizophrenia” depicts the struggle of a person with mental illness regardless gender, age, or social status. From a different perspective, “Schizophrenia” may also be a representation of a relationship that is unstable and harmful.
When one faces a traumatic experience, his or true nature often reveals itself. Trauma forces its sufferers to cope. How one copes is directly linked to his or her personality. Some will push any painful feelings away, while others will hold onto pleasant memories. Both of these coping mechanisms can be observed in Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily.” In “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” and “A Rose for Emily,” the two protagonists’ prominent characteristics distinctly affect the way they cope with trauma and influence the short stories’ outcomes.To begin, Granny Weatherall is a prideful control freak. In contrast, Miss Emily is delusional and stubborn.
Symbolism and incest are both very apparent themes throughout the story of "The Fall of the House of Usher", by Edgar Allan Poe, and helps us to better understand the events that occur. Poe uses his symbolism to reveal character traits, foreshadow future events and helps his reader to understand the events that occur throughout the story. Throughout the story we realize that the relationship between brother and sister is not a normal sibling bond. We also see that the siblings themselves are not normal in all the aspects of a human being.
One may have heard the simple saying that “Love can make you do crazy things.” Many adults can confirm that the saying proves true; one could even spend a few hours watching CSI type of shows that portray the stories of two love-struck people becoming cold-hearted killers just to be with their significant other. Why would they be so desperate to be together that they would kill anyone who got in between them? Desperation so serve that they would even kill a loved one? It could be that as children they were deprived of love and nourishment that children normally receive. This deprivation of love led them to cling to anyone that made them think they were being love. In A Rose for Emily and Tell-Tale Heart a character murders someone who they love. The two works, share similarities and differences when it comes to the characters, the narratives point of view and reason for killing a loved one.
In Edgar Allan Poe’s story The Fall of the House of Usher, the character Roderick Usher exhibits severe mental illness. Most of Poe’s writings are psychological in nature. The Fall of the House of Usher is a great example of this. Poe’s life was filled with many tragic events. The unpleasant outcome of his early years resulted in a great Gothic Romantic writer. He is a master of writing psychological thrillers, adding suspense and mystery in his stories. The topics of his writings are a concoction of unpleasant, austere, and grotesque things, thus the reader can be left feeling squeamish and susceptible. We are drawn into Poe’s stories by our intrinsic human nature of curiosity and intrigue. This paper gives examples of Poe’s literary style as we examine Roderick’s metal state through his words and appearance.
In “ A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner tells the complex tale of a woman who is battered by time and unable to move through life after the loss of each significant male figure in her life. Unlike Disney Stories, there is no prince charming to rescue fallen princess, and her assumed misery becomes the subject of everyone in the town of Jefferson, Mississippi. As the townspeople gossip about her and develop various scenarios to account for her behaviors and the unknown details of her life, Emily Grierson serves as a scapegoat for the lower classes to validate their lives. In telling this story, Faulkner decides to take an unusual approach; he utilizes a narrator to convey the details of a first-person tale, by examining chronology, the role of the narrator and the interpretations of “A Rose for Emily”, it can be seen that this story is impossible to tell without a narrator.
Symbolism in literature is using an object to portray a different, deeper meaning in a story. Symbols represent ideas or qualities that the author has maneuvered into his or her story that has meaning. There can be multiple symbols in a story or just one. It is up to the reader to interpret the meaning of the symbols and their significance to the story. While reading a story, symbols may not become clear until the very end, once the climax is over, and the falling action is covered. In William Faulkner’s, “A Rose for Emily,” there are multiple examples of symbolism that occur throughout the story.
The theme of "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner is that people should let go of the past, moving on with the present so that they can prepare to welcome their future. Emily was the proof of a person who always lived on the shadow of the past; she clung into it and was afraid of changing. The first evident that shows to the readers right on the description of Grierson's house "it was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street." The society was changing every minutes but still, Emily's house was still remained like a symbol of seventieth century. The second evident show in the first flashback of the story, the event that Miss Emily declined to pay taxes. In her mind, her family was a powerful family and they didn't have to pay any taxes in the town of Jefferson. She even didn't believe the sheriff in front of her is the "real" sheriff, so that she talked to him as talk to the Colonel who has died for almost ten years "See Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson." Third evident was the fact that Miss Emily had kept her father's death body inside the house and didn't allow burying him. She has lived under his control for so long, now all of sudden he left her, she was left all by herself, she felt lost and alone, so that she wants to keep him with her in order to think he's still living with her and continued controlling her life. The fourth evident and also the most interesting of this story, the discovery of Homer Barron's skeleton in the secret room. The arrangement inside the room showing obviously that Miss Emily has slept with the death body day by day, until all remained later was just a skeleton, she's still sleeping with it, clutching on it every night. The action of killing Homer Barron can be understood that Miss Emily was afraid that he would leave her, afraid of letting him go, so she decided to kill him, so that she doesn't have to afraid of losing him, of changing, Homer Barron would still stay with her forever.
In "A Rose for Emily," William Faulkner's use of setting and characterization foreshadows and builds up to the climax of the story. His use of metaphors prepares the reader for the bittersweet ending. A theme of respectability and the loss of, is threaded throughout the story. Appropriately, the story begins with death, flashes back to the past and hints towards the demise of a woman and the traditions of the past she personifies. Faulkner has carefully crafted a multi-layered masterpiece, and he uses setting, characterization, and theme to move it along.