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“Faulkner regarded the past as a repository of great images of human effort and integrity, but also as the source of a dynamic evil,” this was stated by Celia Rodriguez in her essay “An Analysis of A Rose For Emily”. Faulkner has pitted this “source of dynamic evil” (Rodriguez) against the present in his short story A Rose For Emily. ...
Faulkner’s town, in A Rose For Emily is a voice and character as well as a setting. ... The narrator of the story frequently uses the word “we” to symbolize his existence as part of the town in which Emily lives. His thoughts and memory are the same as the whole town, and Emily’s past is all remembered by the narrator as part of the town’s memory of the past. In this case, the town from being a mere setting expands into a character, and an antagonist, that watches and spies on Emily’s life. It is this same town that Emily rebels against by refusing to abide with its progress, and choosing to remain stagnant in the past. ... Faulkner very convincingly portrays this in the narrative strategies he uses in A Rose For Emily. The narrative is split into five sections, and this makes the shifting of time more coherent, and reveals images of Emily at various stages of her life.
Approximate Word count = 1112
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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