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A Rose For Emily - Term Papers

A Rose For Emily

Characterization refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop characters. In the story “”, William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily. He expresses most of her character through physical description, her actions, words, and feelings, a narrator's direct comments about the character's nature, and through the actions, words, and feelings, of other characters. Faulkner best uses characterization to examine the theme of the story, too much pride can end in madness.
Miss Emily, the main character of this story, lives for many years as a recluse, she has withdrawn from her community to live in seclusion. "No visitor had passed since she ...

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"None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such.” The town and Emily thought that she was of higher status because of her family name. Faulkner uses the feelings of other characters to show Miss Emily's pride. Her pride has kept her from socializing with other members of the community reinforcing her solitary. But Miss Emily's father is still responsible for her being a hermit. "We remembered all the young men her father had driven away…” If he had not refused the men who wanted to go out with Miss Emily, she may have not gone crazy.
Miss Emily may have wanted seclusion, but her heart longed for companionship. Her desire for love and companionship drove her to murder Homer Baron. She has evil intentions when she bought the arsenic poison. "Then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation of a head.” Her deepest feelings and hidden longings were lying in the bed. Miss Emily's pride resulted in the shocking ...

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Added: 10/9/2006 03:48:19 AM
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