A-rose-for-Emily赏析

实用文档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’scharactersEmilyisthemaincharacter,theprotagonistofthestory.Inthisstory,theauthormainlyfocusesandrevealsthemaincharacter—Emily.实用文档InordertoanalyzeEmily’scharacter,somequestionshaveatfirsttobeanswered:Whattypeisthisstoryorwhatkindofthemethisstoryplanstoreveal?Whenansweringthesequestions,itbecomesmucheasiertoanalyzehercharacter.MissEmilyiskindofquietandperverse,proudandaloof,haughty,braveandtough,arepresentativeoftraditionalconventionandsoforth.Thefollowingsaregoingtoexpatiateonthem.2.1MissEmily’shaughtycharacterAttheveryfirst,Emilyiseasytoberegardedasahaughtywoman.Inthestory,thewriternotonlyrevealstheabnormalphenomenonofEmily’sgrotesquecharacterandherill-sexedpsychology,butalsolivelyportraysherasastrongfigureofhaughtiness.MissEmilyGriersonisthesocialiteofhertown.Naturallywiththisstatusthereisacertainreputationshehastowithhold.Shenotonlyrepresentedherfamilynamebut,inasensethepeopleofhertown.Becauseshewassuchadominantfigurethetownspeoplehadputheronapedestalandwereveryattentivetoheractions.DuringthetimeinwhichherfatherwasaliveEmilywasseenasafiguretobeadmiredbutnevertouched.Manywooersshehadbutaccordingtoherfather’sstandard,noneweresuitableenough.2.2MissEmily’sisolatedandeccentriccharacterBesides,MissEmilyisisolatedandeccentric.Fromthewholestory,thereisnodoubtthatshewasanisolatedonefromthebeginningofthestorytothesurprisingend.Allherlifeisthetownpeople’stopicaftermeals.Theyregardherasamonster.Andbecauseofherfamily,in实用文档particular,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.实用文档2.3MissEmily’snecrophiliaMissEmilyisanecrophilia,too.GreatlysurprisedatthesightofthelastparagraphofFaulkner’sshort-story“ARoseforEmily”,thetownpeoplefindthatMissEmilyisnotonlyamurderer,butalsosleepswithHomerBarronaftershekillshim.Thenitisnoticedthatinthesecondpillowistheindentationofahead.Oneofthetownspeopleliftssomethingfromit,andleansforward,findingthefaintandinvisibledustdryandacridinthenostrils,andalongstrandofiron-grayhair.Horribly,shekillsherloverandsleepsnexttohimforalongtimeuntilbeingfoundout.Asforthewholepassage,thenarratorrefusestodismissEmilyassimplymadortotreatherlifeasmerelyagrotesque,sensationalhorrorstory.Instead,hisnarrativemethodbroughtusintoherlifebeforewehastilyrejectedher,anddoingsoofferedusacompleximaginativetreatmentoffiercedeterminationandstrengthcoupledwithillusionsandshockingeccentricities.42.4MissEmily’sbravenessandtoughnessSheisbraveandtoughaswell.Asawoman,Emilyisnormal.Shejusttriesherbesttopursueherhappiness.Inthisstory,themostattractivepartforagreatnumberofpeopleisEmily’sbravepursuitoflove.Onlyafte