A Rose For Emily.pptx

--William Faulkner; . ; Brief Introduction Attempted to enlist as soon as the United States declared war in 1917. Volunteer in the Canadian Air force Student of the University of Mississippi on his return to Oxford after the war ; Faulkner spent much of his time observing ordinary townspeople as well, and this is why he was able to capture the voice of the common people of Jefferson in the character of the narrator. He spent ; A rose is a symbol of love and a pledge of faithfulness. Literally, from the arrangement of the text, we can hardly see the word “rose” from the beginning to the end of the text, which can be interpreted as his actual love for Emily hardly exists in the whole story Actually, the author plays a trick on Miss Emily . In fact, she doesn’t really get any love from any ; man whether it is from her love or her father. She could have got her deserved love from Homer, but on account of her obstinacy and pride, she receives tiredness and indifference, instead of affection—rose, from him. She thinks that she could stay with Homer forever by poisoning him to death and possessing his body, but it is just Death but not love she possesses.;From the story, we can see Miss Emily was denied love, so in this sense, the title has an ironic meaning. A rose is a funeral flower, and the whole story is Faulkner’s tribute to Emily , and also to the old south.;Failure and decay of the South of America Internal conflicts Issues of class, sex and race Human nature ;Five parts of the story: Miss Emily’s funeral, with a flashback to the family’s former pride and glory Emily’s stinking and decaying house, in which she received her early strict education A day laborer, Homer Barron, who had a good time with Emily until her kin made an interference with them ;Emily goes to a drugstore to buy arsenic, with which she kills Homer and keeps his corpse in an attic