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A 5 page paper which discusses how William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" is a story that provides us a picture of the patriarchal old South and the new South. The paper also discusses the story in general, discussing external and internal conflicts, as well as elements relating to her father as the antagonist and Emily as the protagonist. No additional sources cited.
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as the antagonist and Emily as the protagonist. No additional sources cited. RArose3.rtf "A Rose for Emily": Old and New South By Julie A. Rodgers -
November 2001 -- properly! Introduction In Faulkners tale "A Rose For Emily" we see a surprising and tragic
tale of one woman who was clearly controlled by a patriarchal society, a society that largely relied on the ways of the Old South. Many, however, argue it is merely
a tale of the Old South and the New emerging South. Now, while the story does possess many illustrations of the South during this time of transition, it is also
a tale that could not exist without the patriarchal element of the Old South. In the following paper we examine Emily and her position, illustrating it is a tale of
patriarchy that exists within the Old and the New South. Emily Emily is a young woman who is clearly controlled by her father. He is the source of her
social education. She is taught, by her father, those attitudes that provide them the social status they were born into, a class common to the Old South. And, it is
in this essentially foundation of control that we see who Emily is and see how she is clearly intimidated by these male oriented social constrictions and the judgements of society.
We see it in the character of her father, and then when he dies we see the power that another man, Homer has over Emily. With Homer, however, in the
New South, she takes control and kills him in the end. Her father, as indicated, was a controlling man, who chased off any men who may have been interested
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