Introduction To Literature: Self-Identity
Introduction To Literature: Self-Identity
Introduction To Literature: Self-Identity
Literature
Faulkner biography
A Rose for Miss Emily
discussion
tableau
Introduction
Is she in repentance?
Grey hair: Faulkners symbol of
determination
Final Image the town has of her: that of
a statue, a monument, idol she is
elevated above the town, apart from it,
but not a part of the town.
A fallen monument: antedated, or fallen
in sins.
One Sentence
Paragraph
Very rare in Faulkner, who tends
to write in long paragraphs;
The most shocking thingone
long grey hair. Homer,
besides the housekeeper, was
her only connection to life. Now
after he dies, she still needs his
company.
Symbols: the rose in the
title
Rose -- or the funeral
Faulkner: I just want to give
her a rose.
In his later age, Faulkner
expresses a lot of pity and
sympathy for her.
Symbols: her House &
the Tax
The house: Coquettish decay--
flirting with us but still a
eyesore
Tax: the exemption as an act of
courtesy of the older
generation.