A Rose for Emily

Running head: A ROSE FOR EMILY
A ROSE FOR EMILY
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1A ROSE FOR EMILY
Background
The story which has been taken up for analysis in this particular essay is titled, ‘A Rose
for Emily’ authored by William Cuthbert Faulkner. He is a noble prize winning American
literary artist who is best known for his signature style of imbibing the social life and the social
conditions that prevailed in the southern part of the United States of America. The chosen short
story is also based on the life in the southern part of the United States of America with particular
reference to the aristrocracy and the elitism that the people maintained in the region. In the
chosen short story the class division and the class solidarity which prevailed in the southern part
of the United States of America has been showcased which shall be discussed in the following
sections.
Summary
The chosen short story tends to be amalgamation of two very distinct themes. One is
pertaining to the social conditions that prevailed in the southern part of the United States of
America which was blatantly white supremacist in its orientation. The second one being
concerned about suspense is more pertinent as a genre in the field of literature and has literary
significance much more than any social or political importance.
The plot of the short story revolves around the life of an aristrocratic lady by the name
Miss Emily Grierson who led the life of isolation under the strict disciplinarian father of her.
When she had attained the marriageable age her father had jeopardized her prospects of finding a
suitor as all were rejected on grounds that none were eligible for her. After the death of her father
she fell in love with a man named Homer Barron who was much lower than her in social