My personal reaction to Faulkners' "Rose for Emily" is that emily was diconnected from the town. Her father locked her out of the town because of his too good for anyone ways. She really couldnt be herself or even experience life due to is controlling ways. I also felt the town was very nosy. There were to caught up of wanting to know what was going on in there home. I understand the curiosity but they took it a little far but intruding in there space. There were a lot of sterotypes in it in that connect us to this day. Looks can be very deceiving and I feel the town had some type of sense to knowing how the deaths took place but covered it up because of her appearance.
Literary element/thematic analysis: Faulkner uses irony in the story. The father kept her so hidden from others all she knew was her father. When she decided to give her heart to Homer Barons he misused it and it took her to a place that she never wanted to feel again.
Question: Do you feel love can become lethal today?
I agree that there seemed to be a lot of conflict in the community itself. The general attitude of the townspeople seemed to constantly shift from pitty to hate and back again.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe that love, in it's purity, can be fatal. However, the loss or conflicts arising from interpersonal relationships can drive people to do and say things out of fear of loosing love or after having lost it. Love is one of the strongest emotions humans can experience and it seems that emotions that strong often come with astrices.
I also found that the townspeople where a bit nosy in this story. I also made a similar assumption about the town judging a book by its cover and judging Miss Emily by her appearance. I believe that love is one of the largest forces that blind logic and reasoning. There are people in prison for love and the acts that they committed in the name of love. Heck in some states (Texas) it is a valid defense in a murder trial. I do believe that love can be just as lethal today as it was in this story.
ReplyDeleteYes. Its sad to say I've noticed it more and more. Thank you for your input david.
DeleteI believe in love, but as for it being lethal, I believe that is the exception to the rule. I am not naive however of the atrocities commited out of love. "I loved them too much," "You do not have to understand, but God will love me," there's even the phrase, "I love her/him to death." Unfortunately, love can be lethal, but I think only when it is often misused or misunderstood.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your analysis. Emily was feasted after her father's death and hadn't felt love again until sheet homer barron came into the picture and she felt love again, she did the only thing she could do to keep herself from feeling the heartache of lost love again, by killing him and hat prong his body in her house.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, it's brittani, my phone isn't allowing me to use my name or URL.
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