William Faulkner A Rose for Emily: A Deeper Look English 1302 Mrs. N William Faulkner A Rose for Emily: A Deeper Look English 1302 Mrs. N. Puder

Biography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuQIZ7V9C7U William Faulkner

“A Rose for Emily”

Type of Literature: Revealed Southern Gothic Popular During the Early 20th Century Elements Include: Moody and Forbidding Atmosphere Crumbling Old Mansion Grotesque/Decay/Decomposition Individual’s Struggle Against Oppressive Society Appropriation and Transformation Damsel in Distress to Psychologically Damaged Spinster

Setting: Revealed A Few Years After the Civil War April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865 Emily Born (1852) Dies )1926 Emily’s Father Dies 1884

Setting: Revealed Emily/Father Product of the South Strict Southern Code Uniquely Southern Influence of Tradition Keeping Negro Family Servant Role of Clergy/Family Class Consideration

Plot Structure: Importance Non- Chronological Creates Suspense Conflict Emily vs. Homer Emily vs. The Townspeople Emily vs. Her Father Emily vs. Herself

Characterization Emily Before Father’s Death After Father’s Death Privileged Rule Follower Humble/Mild Mannered Damsel In Distress After Father’s Death Strong Willed Rule Breaker

Characterization Narrator/Townspeople Before Father’s Death Admiring/Respectful of Family After Father’s Death Disrespect Moves to Unflattering Gossip Endures Family/Admiration Vanished Emily is “tradition, duty, care (1).” Sympathy for Miss Emily Allows Family to Break Rules (Old Generation) Enforcers of Rules (New Generation)

Characterization Enablers Allows Her To Buy Poison Ignores Smell Fixes Smell Characterization

Tone: Significance Mysterious Suspenseful Sorrowful Gruesome and Shocking Gothic Elements Old House Mysterious Comings and Goings The Smell Strange Servant Closed Doors

Style: Very Different From Hemingway Diction Raised Vocabulary to Match Time Period Tableau, Oblige Syntax Formal, Long, Complicated Sentences

Style: Images Strong Use of Imagery Emily Emily/Father Framed Images Home Furnishing Wedding Chamber Dispensing Lye Emily’s Aging Through Hair

Themes: SOO Many Class Generations Portrait of an Aging Era Desire for Love Acceptance Murder Insanity Loneliness Effects of Sheltered Life Themes: SOO Many

Symbolism: Again Many Miss Emily Corpse/Long Grey Hair Her Home The Furnishings Tobe/Col. Satoris/Emily’s Father Old Generation vs. New Generation Homer Corpse/Long Grey Hair Bridal Chamber Clothing Objects in Wedding Chamber Staying in the House with Dead Father The Title