A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:24:01
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 5 pages (1465 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 5 pages (1465 words)
Kachramani Filia
ENG 275 <Tab/>
Instructor : Dr. Pappas
A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
In "A Rose for Emily", Emily, a lady of a noble origin, finds herself alone in small town in the Old South. The townspeople there turn their back on her because of her origin, although they have always been present at all of the events that marked her life, until the day she died. Emily's social isolation …
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…of having the same end as her great-aunt, but they just turned their back on her and let her be because it was the easiest thing to do. They also "knew that there was a room ... which no one had seen in forty years, and which would have to be forced" (34), but they didn't do anything and Emily was left alone to meet her destiny, and in that sense, they are accomplices to Homer's murder.
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