This immediately brings the reader into the atmosphere of change and progression, as an old lifestyle passes and a new more technologically and socially advanced world takes over (Shrader). With the entrance of Homer Barron, Emily’s lover enters the progress of civilization in the old town. The death of Emily’s father can be said to mark the end of the Old South, the end of a more traditional and elegant way of life. Homer Barron represents the new way of life that has begun to permeate the town, a movement that brings modernization and change (Shrader). The following paragraph is a prime example of Faulkner’s ability to show this sense of time, progression and decay through his descriptions: “It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street.
When she knows they are coming to levy her tax, she acts arrogant and keeps telling them to “see Colonel Sartoris”, who once remitted her family’s tax, but has already dead for about ten years. She uses black to hide her fears, uses repeating words “see Colonel Satoris” to show the officials her long-time isolation from the society.
She resists giving up his dead body, frightened by the absence of his control that has kept change from entering her life. Later in the story roles reverse when Emily meets and falls in love with a charming northerner named Homer Barron. Homer represents the modernity and industrialization that Emily is eager to avoid. Unfortunately for Emily it seems he is not the marrying type. At last after entering Emily's house he is not seen again.
The townspeople didn’t call her crazy at first; they thought she was sheltered, unhappy. Miss Emily was from a family of high stature and wealth in their small town. She had a certain social upbringing that put certain pressures and stress upon her. Her father drove all her potential husbands away, leaving her never to marry. This emotional stress had caused her mental stability to weaken and crack.
Foreshadowing in “A Rose for Emily” Despite “A Rose for Emily’s” confusing and sometimes hard to follow sequence of events, many things is foreshadowed in this story. Faulkner uses a lot of foreshadowing in this story. There seems to be some type of foreshadowing in every slice of the story. Through the story Faulkner flashes back and forth through various events in the life of Emily Grierson and the town of Jefferson. The following paragraphs will give just a few examples of this .
In reference to her cultural heritage, Dee states that she has rejected the name her mother gave her because “I couldn’t bear it any longer, being named after the people who oppress me”. Explain how Dee feels she has been kept down by her family. Give examples from the story to support your opinion. Dee rejects her name because it comes from a long generation of slaves, this remain ds her the dark and ugly past. She is the only one in the family who has been educated and doesn’t like to remember old feelings that only bring frustration and sadness.
A real one. One that [she] could point to” after living in houses where “the water pipes broke and the landlord wouldn’t fix them because the house was too old” (Cisneros 4). Esperanza’s Mama and Papa tell stories of moving to a white house with many bedrooms and bathrooms, but the house on Mango Street is far from the stories that they tell. Even though Papa says the house on Mango Street is temporary, Esperanza is skeptical, and says she “knows how those things go” (Cisneros 5). The house on Mango Street is an example of the limitations placed on Esperanza because her Papa cannot afford to fulfill the dreams he has for his family.
In life there is a death, or two that occur. Death is not literal in its definition or nature, but is a state. Two stories capture this stigmatic though in whole, through character observation. “A Rose For Emily”, by William Faulkner, is a story that draws you into the characters’ trials and tribulations to instigate the assumption of death. The other story, “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allen Poe, draws you in with a child-like mentality of revenge and hostility to shut out the erroneous belief of kindness in the man’s heart.
Each novel approaches this theme according to its genre; so while Heathcliff and Cathy’s sins must be redeemed by the next generation, Carton must find redemption for his own life. The way that Bronte and Dickens demonstrate how characters can be redeemed and “recalled to life,” illustrates how different these books are yet simultaneously unites them as pieces of literature that strive to further understand the nature of man. Tale of Two Cities deals largely with the resurrection and redemption of people on an individual level while Wuthering Heights resurrects characters, but shows that redemption can be on a generational level as well. Redemption and resurrection would have been especially important themes to readers at the time that Bronte and Dickens were writing simply because life was very different in the 1800’s. People typically didn’t have the opportunities that they have today, such as social mobility and the chance to marry outside of their social rank.
Both books have similar writing style as gloomy, but foreshadowing and dystopia bring about the effectiveness of gothic literature in both books. Firstly, the story’s title “The Fall of the House of Usher” has a symbolic meaning to itself. “The House of Usher” refers not only to the house, but to the family as well, the Usher bloodline. The title refers not only to the literal fall of the physical house, but the symbolic fall of the Usher family. There are many events which lead to the true meaning of the title, the author uses foreshadowing to enlighten the meaning.