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Southern William Faulkner and A Rose for Emily

Although Faulkner lived in Canada , New Orleans , New York , Hollywood , and Virginia , most of his life was spent in his native Mississippi (Faulkner 177 "In his works William Faulkner used the American South as a microcosm for the universal theme of time (Larinde . Almost all of his stories are set in the Deep South . Some critics describe Faulkner as "the quintessential Southern writer with his greatest works centered in this region (Zane 1

. Many of his stories ' central themes seem to be based on themes that the South has struggled with for decades . These are race , gender , repression , myth , and heroism (2

William Faulkner 's short story "A Rose for Emily " is an intriguing story of a lady who gets away with murder in the South around the turn of the century . There are many different interpretations regarding the meaning of this story . These range from Ray West 's theory of Emily Grierson 's attempt to stop time to Jack Scherting 's suggestion that she suffers from an Oedipal complex (Blythe 192

The Past Is the Present After World War One , there were many changes occurring in the world . Man 's inherent need to follow tradition was now being challenged by a continually changing , modern world . The past and the present often conflicted . William Faulkner , a southern born writer based much of his novels and short stories on this conflict . He aptly reflects the turmoil of the past and the present in " A Rose for Emily . The conflict between the past and the present is symbolized in the beginning of the story by this " only now Miss Emily 's house was left , lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and gasoline pumps-an eyesore among eyesores (331 . It is ironic that the same " stubborn and coquettish decay " can be a for Miss Emily as well . And just like her house , which had once been white and on a " select street , Miss Emily had been a slim young girl dressed in white . But as the house fell into decay so had Miss Emily " she looked bloated , like a body long submerged in motionless water , and of that pallid hue (332 . The town played a part in Miss Emily 's delusion Flannery `O ' Connor and her Good Man is Hard to Find

In the story 'A Good Man is Hard to Find , O 'Connor uses many different characters as representatives of different generations in the same family and uses these generations as examples of the change from the old to the new south . O 'Connor uses the main character of the grandmother to represent what the south once was . One of the characteristics of the old south that the grandmother displays , is the need to keep herself looking like a lady . For instance , O 'Connor writes

Her collars and cuffs were white organdy trimmed with lace and at her...