A ROSE FOR EMILY
“A Rose for Emily” is a short story written by William Faulkner. Author life was related with South States of America, so that story based on South society. Before reading the story it is desirable to know something about American history and specify of South society.Story take place in Jefferson, Mississippi. Indefinite narrator shows us life of main character Emily.Griersons were form ennobled house. Miss Emily Grierson’s father apparently deserved for esteem. The mayor of the town, Colonel Sartoris released her father from taxes. When her father died she was about thirty. So far was she kept from men. Her father rejected all hers wooers. So when he died she was vastly crushed. She even kept his body for a three day in house before she gave the corp for funeral. After his death she become isolated. People watch and comment her every move. She hadn’t have friends. Only one negro butler lived with her. He was valet, charman and a cook, what wasn’t welcome in the society.Though she was in solution, people from Jefferson cheered her to find a good man. She was lonely spinster, indeed. Once she met a man. It was Homer Barron, a Northern laborer. People was whispering. She was from nobled house and he was just simple worker. One time her womenfolk’s had to come to town. After that she went pharmacy and like crazy she wanted to buy arsenic. Druggist was speechless towards her positiveness. Miss Emily probably started wedding preparing. Town women were whispering about beautiful silver toilette set with H. B engraving. Though it wasn’t welcome she was seen with Homer Barron with high raised head.When womenfolk’s left people form town only one saw her Lover. He probably left her. So that everybody felt again sorry for her. Along this she get more solution. Once people smelled some awful stench. They couldn’t’ t do anything in agreement with Miss Emily, so couple men get lime all around he house. After few days stench disappear. Years were passing by. Miss Emily was getting older. Sometimes people from town wanted to get some information form Old Negro, but he didn’t talk to anybody.One town Mayor of time with some other officials went to her house to make her pay taxes. It was ineffective. Pour, old , small woman told them with cold confidence voice, that she doesn’t pay taxes.Finally she died. At funeral everyone from town was talking abut her positively. Man came with respect and women because of curiosity- no one was able to Miss Emily house since many years. They saw old, dusty and fuggy interior. In one room they had opened-it was probably closed for years they found bedroom with all wedding thing. Beautiful decked. On bed were lying bones of Hommer Barron.
William Faulkner shows us tragedy of isolation. Probably pretty and polite woman for years get insane and becomes nuisance for her town. This history is also short horror. Faulkner gives us some touch of American gothic. He takes us deep in calamitous effects of lonelyness, crazy need for be loved and even Stockholm syndrome. This short story can stimulate our imagination more than the longest prose.
