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This 3 page paper discusses those qualities that make Emily Grierson (“A Rose for Emily”) so grotesque. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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to mind is her mysteriousness. No one has seen the woman for years because she never comes out of her house. All her errands are run by an elderly Negro
servant who has been with her for years (Faulkner). Her reclusiveness makes her a target for gossip of course, but in this case its justified. But Faulkner also hints that
there is much more here than a dislike of her fellow citizens; in her isolation and strange actions there is a degree of madness. The madness is hinted at
but Faulkner never directly comes out with it, which is one reason why the story is so powerful. The insanity is sometimes more blatant than at others, but its always
there. The first time a reader becomes aware of it is when Faulkner says that about two years after Emilys fathers death, and shortly after her putative fianc? disappeared, people
noticed a foul smell coming from her house (Faulkner). They complained to the authorities, but they were reluctant to do anything: ""Dammit, sir," Judge Stevens said, "will you accuse a
lady to her face of smelling bad?" (Faulkner). Unable to confront her, several men of the town resort to sneaking to her house late at night and sprinkling lime around,
presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decomposing body. While they are doing so, Miss Emily appears in the window, watching
them: "As they recrossed the lawn, a window that had been dark was lighted and Miss Emily sat in it, the light behind her, and her upright torso motionless as
that of an idol" (Faulkner). Her sudden appearance, her motionless aspect, the fact that she says nothing but merely stares at them; all of these give her the attributes of
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