ENGL 153 Lecture 11: William Faulkner - "A Rose for Emily"
20 Feb 2017
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1894 - major of town remits emily"s taxes. Her father had died and she was on her own. Blame it on the servant b/s he"s a man. Does(cid:374)"t let her fathers dead bod(cid:455) lea(cid:448)e (cid:449)he(cid:374) he"s dead. Narrator - man speaking of pov of everyone in the town. Colonialism - problematic human construction of power and privilege (white) vs. no power (not white) House as symbol of how far emily"s privilege has fallen. Starts to shift, not as absolute as it had been (tell her to pay taxes) Wealthy father, but no longer have wealth when he dies. Not supposed to have a career or education. Victim of father"s reluctance to have a suitor for her. She"s told to be high status woman in town with a husband. She does her best to find her own suitor. Homer is beneath her station (disgrace to town) Suggestion that he"s gay (not a marrying man)
