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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily". Her actions are interpreted as a manifestation of Oedipal tension. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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modern audiences precisely because of the complex characterization with which Faulkner imbues his characters with a sense of humanity. Readers have the capacity to relate their own experiences to Faulkners
characters because of this naturalistic treatment. One key example of such a character is Emily Grierson, whose murder of her suitor Homer is motivated by an array of social and
psychological factors, many of which are relatable even for modern audiences. This paragraph helps the student assert and support which of Emilys traits is the most dominant. Emily Grierson herself
is a complex character full of seeming contradictions: she is simultaneously reclusive and occasionally invites others into her home for painting lessons, she affects an atmosphere of total propriety while
at the same time carrying on a lengthy "affair" with her suitor Homer. One dominant thread runs through all of these traits, however, which is the psychodynamic tension that manifests
as Emily struggles against the societal traditions of the "Old South" instilled in her by her father and her own repressed desires as a woman. The incongruity of Emilys background
with her contemporary reality is reinforced by symbols such as her family home, which retains an antiquated style of architecture in the midst of an otherwise modern cityscape. In this
manner, Emilys eventual psychological breakdown which leads to her murdering Homer can be viewed as a reaction to the tension created by her internal struggles against the Southern social system
and its "patriarchal chauvinism", a "victim of the Southern tradition and culture" (Fang 2007, p. 18). This tension is very much evident if one studies Emilys actions throughout the
story. For instance, one of Emilys fathers points of personal pride is that he was once absolved from paying local taxes by the former mayor Colonel Sartoris, on the grounds
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