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A Rose For Emily: Symbolism - Term Papers

A Rose For Emily: Symbolism

Authors traditionally use symbolism as a way to represent the sometimes-intangible qualities of the characters, places and events in their work. In the short story, �A Rose For Emily�, William Faulkner uses symbolic elements to define and characterize Miss Emily Grierson.
Faulkner uses symbolism to compare the Grierson house with Emily�s life. This is emphasized throughout by the symbolism of the decaying house, which parallels Miss Emily�s physical deterioration and demonstrates her mental disintegration. Emily�s life, like the house, which decays around her, suffers from lack of genuine love and care.
The eternal characteristics of Miss Emily�s house parallel her physical appearance to ...

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as a �fallen monument�(Faulkner 204) symbolizing her former beauty and later ugliness. Like the house, she has fallen from grace. Once she had been �a slender figure in white�(Faulkner 207) later she is obese and �bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water with eyes lost in the fatty ridges of her face�(Faulkner 205).
Both the house and Miss Emily have suffered the ravages of time and neglect. Just as the house is described as �smelled of dust and disuse and the leather cracked� (Faulkner 205) this could also describe Miss Emily, �a small, fat woman in black� with a voice that is �dry and cold�(Faulkner 205) as if is she is rusty from disuse.
Both the house and Miss Emily reveal a common stubborn arrogance. �Even being left alone, and a pauper, and humanized�(Faulkner 207) Miss Emily held herself �a little to high� for what she was. Likewise, just as Emily held herself �a little high� the house is presented as �lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above ...

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Added: 10/11/2008 10:51:22 AM
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