AroseforEmily赏析.docx
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AroseforEmily赏析
A-rose-for-Emily赏析
Ⅰ.Introduction
“ARoseforEmily”isaclassicstoryrepresentingFaulkner’sfavoritesubject,themeandstyle.ThestoryissetinthetownofJeffersoninhisimaginaryYoknapatawphaCounty,the“mythicalkingdom”.ThestorybeginswithafuneraloftheeponymousMissEmily.Itdoesnotfollowaparticularorderofchronologicaltime.Thenarrationflowsbackwardsorforwardsinalineofreality,revealingsignificantdetailsofEmily’slifeandthemurderoftheHomerBarronbyEmily,whicharesuspendedtilltheendofthestory.Thenarrativeisalsodividedintofiveparts,allowingforflexibleshiftsintimeanddisplaysofEmily’simageatvariousstagesofherlife.ThroughthestoryaboutEmily,theauthortriestopinpointanunavoidablefateofthearistocracyandvariouschangesintheSouthAmericaaftertheCivilWar.
Inthisstory,EmilyGrierson,themaincharacter,isavictim.Dominatedbyherfatherandhisrigidideasofsocialstatus,shehasbeenpreventedfrommarryingduringherlifetime.Oneyearafterherfather’sdeath,shefallsinlovewithanortherner.Whenshefindsthatherloverisnotgoingtogetmarriedwithher,shepoisonshimsothatshecankeephimwithherforever.Thoughtheplotofthestoryisnotcomplicated,yetitcanbeconsideredasaminorprogramofhisworks.InitareexamplesofFaulkner’sartisticpreoccupationsandtechniques:
theexplorationofpsychologicalreality,thesocialstructureandmoresofasoutherncommunity,thenatureoftime,andtherelationofthepasttothepresent.Thispaperwillapproachthestoryfromthefollowingaspects:
analysisofEmily’scharacter,therootcausesofhercharactersandherdestiny.
Ⅱ.AnalysisofEmily’scharacters
Emilyisthemaincharacter,theprotagonistofthestory.Inthisstory,theauthormainlyfocusesandrevealsthemaincharacter—Emily.InordertoanalyzeEmily’scharacter,somequestionshaveatfirsttobeanswered:
Whattypeisthisstoryorwhatkindofthemethisstoryplanstoreveal?
Whenansweringthesequestions,itbecomesmucheasiertoanalyzehercharacter.MissEmilyiskindofquietandperverse,proudandaloof,haughty,braveandtough,arepresentativeoftraditionalconventionandsoforth.Thefollowingsaregoingtoexpatiateonthem.
2.1MissEmily’shaughtycharacter
Attheveryfirst,Emilyiseasytoberegardedasahaughtywoman.Inthestory,thewriternotonlyrevealstheabnormalphenomenonofEmily’sgrotesquecharacterandherill-sexedpsychology,butalsolivelyportraysherasastrongfigureofhaughtiness.MissEmilyGriersonisthesocialiteofhertown.Naturallywiththisstatusthereisacertainreputationshehastowithhold.Shenotonlyrepresentedherfamilynamebut,inasensethepeopleofhertown.Becauseshewassuchadominantfigurethetownspeoplehadputheronapedestalandwereveryattentivetoheractions.DuringthetimeinwhichherfatherwasaliveEmilywasseenasafiguretobeadmiredbutnevertouched.Manywooersshehadbutaccordingtoherfather’sstandard,noneweresuitableenough.
2.2MissEmily’sisolatedandeccentriccharacter
Besides,MissEmilyisisolatedandeccentric.Fromthewholestory,thereisnodoubtthatshewasanisolatedonefromthebeginningofthestorytothesurprisingend.Allherlifeisthetownpeople’stopicaftermeals.Theyregardherasamonster.Andbecauseofherfamily,inparticular,herfather,shenearlygetseparatedfromherneighbors,whichaddsmorepressuretoherpersonalaffairstofallinlovewiththeYankee,HomerBarron,which,atlast,createsthetragedy.Ontheotherhand,sheiseccentricatthesametime.Whenthemenfromthegovernmentwanttotaxherafterherfather’sdeath,buttheyarerefusedbyEmily.Thereasonisquitesimple,thatis,whenherfatherisalive,inJefferson,theyneednottopaytaxes.ShejusttellsthegovernmentthatshehasnotaxesinJefferson.Whatshesaidwasthematterseveralyearsago.AndtherewasonceamancalledColonelSartorisexplainedittoherabouthertax-freeprivilege.Shedoesnotrespectthetruth,thatis,herso-calledColoneldiedtenyearsagoandnewpolicycomesintopractice.ThenarratorarrangesthespecificdetailonherbehaviorofbuyingArsenic.Thedruggistcannotimagineherpurposeinbuyingthepoisonandjustthinksthatshemightuseitforratandsuchthings.MissEmilyjuststaresathim,herheadtiltsbackinordertolookhimeyeforeye,untilhelooksawayandgoesandgetsthearsenicandwrapsitupforher.Howstrangeandeccentricsheis.Shedoesnotallowanyonetoaskabouthermatter,eventhoughitisadangerousaffairwhichisforbiddenbylaw.
2.3MissEmily’snecrophilia
MissEmilyisanecrophilia,too.GreatlysurprisedatthesightofthelastparagraphofFaulkner’sshort-story“ARoseforEmily”,th
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