How does Miss Emily represent the struggle between the North and South?
Zackary More, Luizangel Walle, Jake Shelton
In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” Miss Emily Grierson’s family has a deep connection with the South, and even more with the Confederacy. This was common for a high profile, Southern family. Unlike most people, Miss Emily is not buried in an average cemetery but instead “among the ranked and anonymous graves of Union and Confederate soldiers who fell at the battle of Jefferson,” most likely because members of her family were also buried there. This demonstrates how her family is extremely tied into the old South. This brings up a conflict with her family and towns people, because Miss Emily’s boyfriend is a “Yankee.” The town people even knew this wasn’t appropriate and said “a Grierson would not think seriously of a Northerner." Again this shows how strong the rest of the town people feel about keeping the culture of the old South alive, Emily being an image of the South. If she wanted to marry him, a Yankee, she would have to convince her cousins, deep Southerners, to leave. When she succeeded “within three days" Homer Barron came back. However, he disappears shortly after. After, "Miss Emily was decently in the ground" They broke down the door to a room that "no one had seen in forty years" only to find clothes relating to a bridal and an outfit for a groom, showing that she wanted to marry Barron but never could. Being the last image of the old South in the town, Miss Emily’s death allows the town to move forward and industrialize along with the North. Miss Emily is an image of the South yet this contradicts with her love, a northerner, and the changing world around her.
You had a very developed paragraph and a deep understanding of Miss Emily’s southern family. Why didn’t you include a plethora of analysis about how these details affect both Miss Emily and the local populace who are now observing and judging Miss Emily with this in mind?
~Alec Muklewicz, Lacey Sanchez, and Gabby Murphy
We decided not to include too many views or opinions from the Townspeople because we though it would be too much of an objective view with limited information.
Zackary More, Luizangel Walle, Jake Shelton
Zackary More, Luizangel Walle, Jake Shelton
In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” Miss Emily Grierson’s family has a deep connection with the South, and even more with the Confederacy. This was common for a high profile, Southern family. Unlike most people, Miss Emily is not buried in an average cemetery but instead “among the ranked and anonymous graves of Union and Confederate soldiers who fell at the battle of Jefferson,” most likely because members of her family were also buried there. This demonstrates how her family is extremely tied into the old South. This brings up a conflict with her family and towns people, because Miss Emily’s boyfriend is a “Yankee.” The town people even knew this wasn’t appropriate and said “a Grierson would not think seriously of a Northerner." Again this shows how strong the rest of the town people feel about keeping the culture of the old South alive, Emily being an image of the South. If she wanted to marry him, a Yankee, she would have to convince her cousins, deep Southerners, to leave. When she succeeded “within three days" Homer Barron came back. However, he disappears shortly after. After, "Miss Emily was decently in the ground" They broke down the door to a room that "no one had seen in forty years" only to find clothes relating to a bridal and an outfit for a groom, showing that she wanted to marry Barron but never could. Being the last image of the old South in the town, Miss Emily’s death allows the town to move forward and industrialize along with the North. Miss Emily is an image of the South yet this contradicts with her love, a northerner, and the changing world around her.
You had a very developed paragraph and a deep understanding of Miss Emily’s southern family. Why didn’t you include a plethora of analysis about how these details affect both Miss Emily and the local populace who are now observing and judging Miss Emily with this in mind?
~Alec Muklewicz, Lacey Sanchez, and Gabby Murphy
We decided not to include too many views or opinions from the Townspeople because we though it would be too much of an objective view with limited information.
Zackary More, Luizangel Walle, Jake Shelton