A Rose for Emily is one of the masterpieces of William Falkner.This paper intends to analyze the symbolic meaning of the rose,and the relationship between the rose and Emily, trying to provide people a thorough unders...A Rose for Emily is one of the masterpieces of William Falkner.This paper intends to analyze the symbolic meaning of the rose,and the relationship between the rose and Emily, trying to provide people a thorough understanding of the theme and the heroine's personality.展开更多
A Rose for Emily, written by William Faulkner in the twentieth century, is an absorbing mystery story with a surprisingly chilling ending. This paper intends to analyze the symbolic meaning of the rose, and the relati...A Rose for Emily, written by William Faulkner in the twentieth century, is an absorbing mystery story with a surprisingly chilling ending. This paper intends to analyze the symbolic meaning of the rose, and the relationship between the rose and Emily, giving people a thorough understanding of the theme and the heroine's personality. Although simple, the story shows great narrative techniques and typical and artful structure in Faulkner's works.展开更多
William Faulkner is a modern American novelist.He is interested in what goes on beneath the surface of a story but not in tragedy itself.With feminist theory,this paper analyzes Emily’s living experience in his"...William Faulkner is a modern American novelist.He is interested in what goes on beneath the surface of a story but not in tragedy itself.With feminist theory,this paper analyzes Emily’s living experience in his"A Rose for Emily";aims at seeking social roots of women’s miserable fate.展开更多
This paper investigates the development of the heroine's psychology during the period presented in A Rose for Emily by displaying her experiences in chronological order and teasing out the details that may have ca...This paper investigates the development of the heroine's psychology during the period presented in A Rose for Emily by displaying her experiences in chronological order and teasing out the details that may have caused significant influence on Emily's mental state. It is concluded that Emily has developed a particularly strong desire for controlling and personal awareness under the social deprivation by her father for about thirty years, contributing to her twisted acknowledgement of her relationship with Homer, which are later triggered off when Homer refuses to marry her, finally into the seemingly inconceivable ending that Emily kills him and spends the rest forty years of her life with the decomposing corpse of her beloved one's.展开更多
文摘A Rose for Emily is one of the masterpieces of William Falkner.This paper intends to analyze the symbolic meaning of the rose,and the relationship between the rose and Emily, trying to provide people a thorough understanding of the theme and the heroine's personality.
文摘A Rose for Emily, written by William Faulkner in the twentieth century, is an absorbing mystery story with a surprisingly chilling ending. This paper intends to analyze the symbolic meaning of the rose, and the relationship between the rose and Emily, giving people a thorough understanding of the theme and the heroine's personality. Although simple, the story shows great narrative techniques and typical and artful structure in Faulkner's works.
文摘William Faulkner is a modern American novelist.He is interested in what goes on beneath the surface of a story but not in tragedy itself.With feminist theory,this paper analyzes Emily’s living experience in his"A Rose for Emily";aims at seeking social roots of women’s miserable fate.
文摘This paper investigates the development of the heroine's psychology during the period presented in A Rose for Emily by displaying her experiences in chronological order and teasing out the details that may have caused significant influence on Emily's mental state. It is concluded that Emily has developed a particularly strong desire for controlling and personal awareness under the social deprivation by her father for about thirty years, contributing to her twisted acknowledgement of her relationship with Homer, which are later triggered off when Homer refuses to marry her, finally into the seemingly inconceivable ending that Emily kills him and spends the rest forty years of her life with the decomposing corpse of her beloved one's.
