A Rose For Emily

[Scheherazade]

There has been a discussion on this story if you would like to check it out:

http://www.online-literature.com/for...light=faulkner

[Virgil]

Oh good. Scher located the discussion we had on A Rose for Emily. It's a great short story. Welcome to lit net naphelge. And I absolutely love your Keith Richards avatar.

[naphelge]

There has been a discussion on this story if you would like to check it out:

http://www.online-literature.com/for...light=faulkner

Scheherazade thanks for the link. Believe it or not I did try a search before I posted to see what other points of view on the story were and somehow I came up blank. But I just ran another search and now I find all kinds of posts, including this one, of Faulkner and his works.

So I just finished reading most of the posts from that thread and got some great insight on things I didn't even think about including the meaning of the character's names.

I still am wondering about those two cousins. I am also wondering about the "market basket" Tobe (servant) seems to take with him whenever he leaves the house. Could this basket be a symbol for Miss Emily and how she keeps abreast of news and goings-on in town is when Tobe returns after any of his outings? Another thought along these lines I had was the part of the story when the aldermen come to see her in her house and she is "leaning" on her "ebony" cane. Is this meaning here perhaps that the only person she has come to rely and "lean" on is her servant Tobe (ebony=black)?

I was thinking about her "obesity" being symbolic of the insulation between her and the aldermen (aldermen representing the town) who come to see her about her taxes.

What about the mention of "yellow wheels" on the carriage she and Homer ride in on Sundays and the "yellow gloves" he wears. I think the author went out of his way to use the adjective "yellow" her to perhaps describe Homer as "yellow-belly" coward type man. If he truly was gay or even just not the marrying type but leading Miss Emily on was he too much of a coward to be straight with her?

If anyone who has read this story has any ideas or input, I had some other crazy ideas about this story I was hoping to discuss but I don't want to write a marathon post here.

cheers,
nap

[naphelge]

There has been a discussion on this story if you would like to check it out:

http://www.online-literature.com/for...light=faulkner

I didn't think about this until after I posted again, but perhaps a moderator would like to move this thread into the above thread that already discussed this short story, or not. I just didn't want to dual-post on the same topic in different threads.

cheers,
nap

[naphelge]

I just re-read the story again and I think the narrator is multiple/a group but is not speaking for the town...

At first we were glad that Miss Emily would have an interest, because the ladies all said, "Of course a Grierson would not think seriously of a Northerner, a day laborer."

The narrator I think is saying that "we" (whichever "we" they are speaking for I am not quite sure now) were glad Miss Emily had an interest, in Homer I presume.

... then the narrator goes on to tell how the ladies (of the town, presumably) all went on to to say how "a Grierson would not think seriously of a Northerner, a day labourer." like Homer.

The narrator definitely has a different outlook and opinion of Miss Emily having an interest (dating) in Homer than that of the ladies in the town in Jefferson.

Is there any chance the narrator is a relation of Miss Emily, that would have been ok with her marrying a Northern labourer like Homer? Perhaps they were more progressive southerners than most or just the fact they genuinely wanted to see Miss Emily happy, whatever the circumstance?

hrmmm

[setsuna_seiei]

Question: Analyze the differences between the old and young generations of this story. How does each generation react to and/or treat Miss Emily? Why does each generation act as they do? What does the story suggest about age or different generations?

[Virgil]

Question: Analyze the differences between the old and young generations of this story. How does each generation react to and/or treat Miss Emily? Why does each generation act as they do? What does the story suggest about age or different generations?

Sounds like you want someone to do your homework. Sorry, that's not what this place is for.

[mbullock]

Can someone help me write a introduction paragraph? It has to be in 3rd person. My mind is totally blank.

I am just looking for some ideas on how to write it.