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A paper which looks at the concept of womanhood in the antebellum South as portrayed in Faulkner's A Rose for Emily, with specific reference to the relationship between Miss Emily and the townspeople in general. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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and in particular the role of women within that society. The antebellum South, despite its reliance on the abomination of slavery, was characterised by strict moral and social codes and
a resilience of character which refused to succumb to the political dictates of the North. It was a society in which women - or, at least, white "ladies" - were
treated as almost on a par with the angels, and accepted such reverence as their due. Ordered, and strictly hierarchical, the division between different
ethnic and social groups was so deeply ingrained as to require no comment, since it was accepted as dictated by God and hence not open to question. We note, for
instance, the difference in treatment by Colonel Sartoris of Miss Emily, and of the black women of the town, the latter being forbidden to appear in public without wearing the
apron which denotes their subordinate social status. Miss Emily, on the other hand, is bequeathed a financial "gift" of remitted taxes, despite the fact that Sartoris has to invent a
fable about a loan from her father to justify it. For the nineteenth-century audience, the concept of the Southern lady is something which is
so strongly rooted in the collective consciousness that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social status
and her imperious bearing which allow Emily to get away with reneging on her economic responsibility to the community and, ultimately, with murder. For
the townspeople, it is more socially unacceptable to insult a "real lady" than it is to investigate a serious crime. When the complaints regarding the strange smell at Miss Emilys
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