Description
Choose any short story you like well enough to write about. Your job is to analyze your writer's use of at least one literary technique to illustrate the theme of your story. Do NOT use any outside references for this assignment. Your only reference should be the story itself.
Unformatted Attachment Preview
Purchase answer to see full attachment
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Symbolism and Point of View in ‘A Rose for Emily’– Outline
Thesis statement: In ‘A Rose for Emily’ Faulkner has used symbolism and point of view to
deliver his central message effectively.
I.
Introduction
II.
Symbolism
III.
Point of View
IV.
Conclusion
Surname 1
Name
Professor
Course
Date
Symbolism and Point of View in ‘A Rose for Emily’
Introduction
The short story ‘A Rose for Emily’ by William Faulkner is set in an old house in
Jefferson, Mississippi. The events in the narrative occur approximately from 1863 to 1933
during the slavery era. The short story is about a Southern lady called Emily Grierson whose
father dies and leaves her financially unstable. His death affects her because she is a noble
Southern lady of high social class. The people of her town do not approve of her lifestyle
especially her romantic relationship with Homer Baron, who is from a lower social class. She
is trapped in a community determined to make her stay in her role, a community unwilling to
accept change, and change is a central theme in the story. Because of disapproval from the
community, Emily isolates herself in her house, with detrimental consequences. Faulkner has
used symbolism and point of view to deliver his central message effectively.
Symbolism
Writers often employ the technique of symbolism to reveal to the reader more details
about the characters without expressly revealing them, such details as the intangible attributes
of characters. William Faulkner uses objects in the story to represent certain things. For
example, the Grierson family house may describe how what we think make us happy can
make us sad. This is because Emily wanted a home, but she is miserable when she isolates
herself in the house. This represents the irony of Emily’s life. She wanted a house where she
co...