Analysis for “a Rose for Emily”
Autor: Jannisthomas • November 2, 2017 • 978 Words (4 Pages) • 813 Views
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Without a doubt, even if a person is free to do what she wants, it does not mean it is acceptable to keep a body. Keeping Homer Barron’s body created the big question why. The assumption can be made that because she “could not bear the rejection” (Mohsin) she decided to kill him. Even dead she wanted him close to her because he was her first love after her father’s death. This attraction to a dead body and keeping it can be caused from being lonely, submissive from her father’s abuse, and stubbornness. When the town investigators decided to go in after Emily died, they found “a long strand of iron-gray hair” (306) which was proof that she also slept with the dead body. Getting close to him dead or alive was her escape to finding happiness. Keeping his body could also be connected with the issue of not wanting change in her life because she also kept her father’s dead body for three days; not wanting to bury it. Being scared of being alone can be classified as transference, which can be the reason why Emily kept her lovers body for so long.
With this in mind, keeping a dead body for 40 years can never be explained, but there are reasons that can help the reader understand the situation better. Understanding the character and her motives can help answer the question why. She loved her father and after he died she did not want to be left alone again, so when Homer left her Emily exploded. Years of anger and submissiveness led her to kill the love of her life and turn to necrophilia. She chose to live this life because after such a difficult life this is what she was happy and comfortable with.
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Works Cited
Mohsin, Fyrooz B. “Characteristics of Miss Emily In “A Rose For Emily”” “A Rose For Emily” Web. 30 Aug. 2015.
Smith, Nicole. “Psychological Character Analysis of Miss Emily in “A Rose for Emily” by Faulkner. “Article Myriad. Web. 30 Aug.2015.
William Faulkner. "A Rose For Emily" The Norton Introduction to Literature. Portable 11th ed. New York: W W Norton &, 2014.298-306 . Print.
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