Glory of All That Goes Wrong
(A critic on A Rose for Emily over the concepts brought up in Faulkner’s acceptance speech.)
Our lives are defined by moment. There is nothing more and nothing less. We have this idea that we need to change who we are and that we need to conform to what others think. The problem is we are all unique. People don’t get to pick their personality, but we are given one. Personality is in its own way our soul. It is who we are. Our soul controls our action and what we do in our life. There are points when we hit turning points. No matter how we, look at a situation there are rules we live by. In society we act a certain way or there are some expectations. Some words sum up the world while others shoe how we need to act. One man showed how the world should act, when he sat down and wrote an acceptance speech for a Nobel Prize in Literature. He created a work of art that showed what people need to talk about. We have to courage, honor, hope, pride, compassion, pity and sacrifice. All of these things show what we need to do in the world to touch the lives of people. We are all unique souls, but we have things in common. Little things which can touch us and move people into action. William Faulkner, showed that when we write we have to use aspects in our writing that represent idea that can touch people. In A Rose for Emily, by William Faulkner it showed how his values are expressed in his work especially: courage, honor and pity.
Faulkner showed how courage can be expressed in different ways in the way people act in society. Once Emily’s fathered died she entered a world of despair. She didn’t want to give up on the life she had with her father. During the beginning she wouldn’t admit that her father was dea...
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...created a scenario where she survived on her own. When she was left alone, it took her tole and she became crazy. In the end she killed a man.
When we take a look at Rose we see that Faulkner’s beliefs were reflected in his work. He showed that even in a gothic story who can still have aspects of courage, honor and pity. She courage to stand up to society and to kill the man she loved. Honor was shown through her devotion to her dad and the picture she never took down. The town pitied her for all that she couldn’t control. Faulkner acted on his beliefs, but it was shown that he truly put effort in his work. Rose is unique. It showed that are definition on words are not always what they are suppose to be. When we look at the people around us what do we see? Do we stand out from a crowd? Is the past an honorable thing and do we pity people as travel throughout life?
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reflects upon the theme of the novel. As it highlights the fact that if people in the society
If we compare William Faulkner's two short stories, 'A Rose for Emily' and 'Barn Burning', he structures the plots of these two stories differently. However, both of the stories note the effect of a father¡¦s teaching, and in both the protagonists Miss Emily and Sarty make their own decisions about their lives. The stories present major idea through symbolism that includes strong metaphorical meaning. Both stories affect my thinking of life.
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William Faulkner's, "A Rose for Emily," is a short story that is narrated by an anonymous character to be considered as the voice of the home town and tells the story out of order. The story is based on the life of Emily Grierson and how it connects with the South after the Civil War. There are many parts in the story that show symbolism in varieties of ways. Some of these symbols include Emily's house, her hair, her clothing, and even the "rose" that is brought in the story. Symbolism is shown throughout many different ways through all forms of literature. It is mainly shown through the main theme as well as the smaller themes that are throughout the story. Symbolism is used to represent ideas or qualities through the use of symbols.
William Faulkner takes us back in time with his Gothic short story known as, “A Rose for Emily.” Almost every sentence gives a new piece of evidence to lead the reader to the overall theme of death, isolation, and trying to maintain traditions. The reader can conclude the theme through William Faulkner’s use of literary devices such as his choice of characters, the setting, the diction, the tone, and the plot line.
William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" has been interpreted in many different ways. Most of these rely solely on hints found within the story. I believe that his life can also help one analyze this story. By knowing that Faulkner's strongest influence was his independent mother, one can guess that Miss Emily Grierson's character was based partly on Maud Falkner.
Southern decadence was famous and iconic back when the story, "A Rose for Emily" was set. It was caused by the end of the Civil War and the forced change upon the antebellum south. Decadence defined the south before the Civil War, including obscene wealth and slavery, and the aristocracy, of which Emily and her father were a part, never had to lift a finger. Emily ends up not only in deep denial, making her able to disregard the reality of her life, but also causing the townspeople to participate in her denial as well. William Faulkner grew up in this southern and self-indulgent environment, making his outlook true to life, and well illustrated in this story.
In “A Rose For Emily”, by William Faulkner, plot plays an important role in how
Emily was kept confined from all that surrounded her. Her father had given the town folks a large amount of money which caused Emily and her father to feel superior to others. “Grierson’s held themselves a little too high for what they really were” (Faulkner). Emily’s attitude had developed as a stuck-up and stubborn girl and her father was to blame for this attitude. Emily was a normal girl with aspirations of growing up and finding a mate that she could soon marry and start a family, but this was all impossible because of her father. The father believed that, “none of the younger man were quite good enough for Miss Emily,” because of this Miss Emily was alone. Emily was in her father’s shadow for a very long time. She lived her li...
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