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Rose For Emily - Research Paper

Rose For Emily

Miss Emily is most notably a woman with a firm will but for whom the distinction between reality and illusion has blurred out. She refuses to become a member of her community by alienating herself. This independence of spirit and pride made her a monster; yet her refusal to accept the herd values with it dignity and courage. Miss Emily was always trying to escape her father, the pressure and all that came with him. Even in her death Emily could not escape her father with her father’s picture hanging above where her coffin was placed. She could not live up to all the expectations that the town put on her due to her standing in the society and her father. Things seemed to be getting better ...

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the people of the town would then have nothing to talk about. There is also the possibility of her being so discusted in Homer and the pressure that Emily had from the people combined that lead her to murdering homer. In the death of Homer, Emily has thus sentenced herself to total isolation. Now with no possibilities for communicating with the outside world Emily has alienated herself and then turns to the ...

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Added: 4/24/2011 03:16:53 PM
Submitted By: diamondcordero
Category: English
Type: Free Paper
Words: 299
Pages: 2

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