ENG 1120 Lecture 4: a rose for emily analysis

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1120
• Professor: Gaye Taylor

Document Summary

Analysis of william faulkner"s a rose for emily . It makes the reader try and guess what is happening and what is the secret. She was sleeping next to his corpse. Back into the gothic realm: associated with darkness, psychological torment, social criticism. By repeating derogatory terms, he is expressing the communal headspace for those that use these terms. Many images of decay: dust, cracks, disused, cracked leather old. Tarnished is repeated which can represent a tarnished reputation (losing virginity before marriage: the gold head of her cane, the gilt (a yellow paint used to make something look like it"s gold) It is possible that homer is gay: he is a bachelor not interested in getting married. He wants to use her for sex. Emily is being devalued as being seen as tarnished: her value is found (by society) in her virginity.