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AroseforEmily—WilliamFaulknerContents1.Creativebackground2.Plotanalysis3.ThematicanalysisCreativebackgroundThestorywassetinsouthernUnitedStatesaftertheCivilWarwhenslaveryandplantationeconomywasexposedtotheinfluenceofnorthernindustrialization,andasaresult,theconventionalmoralsandcreedsofsouthernsocietywerefacedwithacrisisofcollapsingandremodeling.InitialSituation•DeathandTaxes•Franklinquote,“Inthisworldnothingcanbesaidtobecertain,exceptdeathandtaxes.”inthisinitialscene.Wemovefromahugefuneralattendedbyeverybodyintown,tothisstrangelittlestoryabouttaxes.Complication(risingaction)•TheTown'sConscience•ThetownwashorribletoMissEmilywhenshestarteddatingHomerBarron.Shewasfinallyabletobreakfreewhenherfatherdied,butthetownwon’tletherdoit.Whentheycan'tstopher,theysickthecousinsonher.Climax•ForRats•Emilywantedtoholdtighttothedreamthatshemighthaveanormallife,withloveandafamily.Whensheseesthateverybodyisbentonmessingupherplans,shehasanextremereaction.That’swhy,theclimaxisencapsulated（简述）intheimageoftheskullandcrossbones（骷髅）onthepackageandthewarning“forrats”.Suspense•Emilybuysthearsenic.•Thetownwasinsuspenseoverwhethertheyweremarried,soonwouldbe,orneverwouldbe.Theirreactionsrangedfrommurderous,todownrightinterference.•WealsolearnthatHomerwaslastseenenteringtheresidenceofMissEmilyonthenightinquestion.So,wecanbeinsuspenseaboutwhathappenedtohim.Denouement•TheNext40Years•ThestorywindsdownbyfillingusinonMissEmily’sgoingsoninthe40yearsbetweenHomer’sdisappearanceandEmily’sfuneral.Otherthanthepaintinglessons,herlifeduringthattimeisamystery,becauseshestayedinside.Conclusion•TheBed,theRottingCorpse,andtheHair•Thetownspeopleenteredthebedroomthathadbeenlockedfor40years,onlytofindtherottingcorpseofHomerBarronandalongstrandofiron-grayhaironthebed.ThethematicanalysisThreeLevelsOnthesuper-faciallevelOnthesymboliclevelOnthedeeperlevelItisamurderstorywithelementsofGothicliteratureThestorycanbereadasaconflictbetweentheSouthandNorthwithEmilyrepresentingtheSouthandHomerrepresentingtheNorth.TheSouthtakesrevengeontheNorth.Thestoryexplorestheinnerworldofhumanbeingortheinnerstruggleinthehumanheart.