a rose for emily

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William Faulkner 's A Rose for Emily

A Rose for Emily ' by William Faulkner is a story set in the 1930 's that reflects how a conservative and extremely judgmental , if not hypocritical or self-righeous society deprived a woman , Emily Girerson the right to express herself and her feelings freely and to live a normal and happy life , resulting in a rather bizarre behavior the town would only discover following her death when they finally had access to her house to unlock the mystery that

surrounded her where they discovered the corpse of her paramour Homer Barron who was presumed missing . It turned out that Emily killed him , as well as her own father earlier and kept their corpses in the house to be close to the ones she loved . The story of Emily Grierson mirrors how hypocrisy and criticisms brought about by societal norms eventually bring about physical emotional and mental decay , the result of her withdrawal from society as well as her bizarre behavior

In trying to understand Emily 's behavior , one has to get to the bottom of this matter like a detective trying to solve a crime . One needs to go back to Emily 's childhood . She was raised by a very strict father following the death of her mother . Being the only child and daughter Emily 's father was overly protective of her that even though she was already at the age when she caught the attention of the boys in...