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A 5 page paper which examines the role
of myth and tradition in William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily." The focus, concerning
myth and tradition, is on the Old South. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RArsemth.rtf
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a society that largely relied on the ways of the Old South, as well as the old ways connected to her family that provide a sense of myth. Her story
is one which clearly recognizes "the voice of American literature to be that of the patriarchy" (Randolph 712rand.html&e=747). She is a woman caught in a world that is not of
her own making, and a woman who seems to adhere to the myth and the tradition of the Old South no matter what happens. As one author states, "Her status
reaffirmed the fragments of myth the townspeople held dear to. This traditional perspective taken by the community is what gave Emily the upper hand in any situation that confronted her
in the so-called life she acted out" (Torres rose.html). In the following paper we examine Emily and her position, illustrating it is a tale of patriarchy that exists within
the Old South and how her story is one that upholds myths. Emily Emily is a young woman who is clearly controlled by her father, who is the head
of the family that is part of the myth of the town. 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 traditional Old South, and a class that upholds the myths associated with the family. 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, we see a
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