Misunderstood In the short story”A Rose for Emily,” written by William Faulkner, the main character Miss Emily Grierson is a strange lady to an average readers standards. Her character analysis could go any number of ways. It is impossible not to examine her mental stability throughout this story. Over the reading of “A Rose for Emily,” Miss Emily has erratic and schizophrenia behavior the townspeople might even call it downright bizarre. The townspeople didn’t call her crazy at first; they thought she was sheltered, unhappy.
Some people are unwilling to change even though the change might be for good. Through the character of Miss Emily, we see a young woman violated by her father’s strict mentality. When he dies, Emily is left alone and as the only man in her life, Emily is in denial to let go of her father, even though he is a controlling and selfish man. Thus she holds on to her father’s dead body and acts as if nothing happened; Emily “dressed as
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.
In order to understand the mind of Darl, the reader must also understand Darl’s place in the Bundren family. A majority of Darl’s family doesn’t like him, even before the death of Addie and the journey to Jefferson. Addie herself hates Darl’s very existence. She thinks of Darl as Anse’s child and not hers, “And now he has three children that are his and not mine” (102). Darl is also brings humiliation for Anse because other townsfolk are always talking about Darl and how strange he is.
This made Charlie Marie feel like her back was always against the wall and she always had to abide by her mother’s rules, it made her feel as if she was never free or in control. When Charlie Marie and Paolo ended up splitting up he fought for her and fought for but despite that fact that Grandma Moore “prayed for her to make up with Paolo” (12) she didn’t and when she found Karr’s dad at a truck stop near where she blew a tire he was interested in her. Karr’s dad noticed “her string of practiced invectives, which seemed unlikely given her fancy clothes and New York license plate, impressed him to no end. He never heard a women cuss like that before” (11). Charlie Marie noticed him as well, and Grandma Moore didn’t approve at all because he was a “union worker.” Grandma Moore has always had some hatred for Pete;
His parents’ marriage started to fall apart and that’s when things started to change. His mother felt that Dave was to blame for it and that’s when the abuse began. At first, Mother made him do every chore possible and didn’t let him talk to anyone but her. Mother
“Chris's smoldering anger, it turns out was fueled by a discovery he'd made two summers earlier, during his cross-country wanderings... Chris pieced together the facts of his father's previous marriage and subsequent divorce-facts to which he hadn't been privy.” (p. 121) This is not good mainly for Chris and his dad's relationship and also his mom and him. He was enraged at the fact that he was never told and that his dad would lie to him or be deceitful and not tell him about his first family and
The story made me experience an emotionally drastic change of mood; I had a melancholic spirit. I felt pity for Homer, who did not have any intention to marry Emily until he met his death in her bedroom. I also felt the same for Emily whose father; Mr. Grierson had rejected many suitors who had come to seek a hand in marriage to her. The girl later lacks someone to marry after her father’s demise until she becomes infatuated with Homer who was not interested in marriage. “A Rose For Emily” has had a profound impact on me.
In this case, the haunting is psychological, not physical: Rebecca does not appear as a ghost, but her spirit affects nearly everything that takes place at Manderley. The narrator, whose name is never divulged, is left with a growing sense of distrust toward those who loved Rebecca, wondering just how much they resent her for taking Rebecca's place. In the final chapters, the book turns into a detective story, as the principal characters try to reveal or conceal what really happened on the night Rebecca died. Characters: The narrator tells the story in her own voice and manner, the narrator´s name is never revealed by the author, she is referred to as my wife, Mrs. de Winter, my dear etc. And it was in
Despite him being the big disgrace of the town the years which he made girls suffer wasn’t enough. When the Mama Farida warned him, “Poor fool, yuh married B’er Gaulin,” but he wanted to be an idiot refusing to take her seriously. However, in his defense he loved this girl for many years, because of this when it came to hurting her he couldn’t bare the thought not to mention if he slaughtered her. Sad to say, his wife and