A Rose for Emily By William Faulkner :: Free Essay Writer

A Rose for Emily Characterization refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop characters. In the story A Rose for Emily William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily. He expresses the con got of her character through physical description, through her actions, words, and feelings, through a narrators direct com handsts about the characters nature, and through the actions, words, and feelings, of other characters. Faulkner best uses characterization to examine the theme of the story, too much rob can end in homicidal madness. Miss Emily, the main character of this story, lives for some(prenominal) years as a recluse, someone who has withdrawn from a community to live in seclusion. "No visitor had passed since she ceased giving china-painting lessons eight or ten years earlier" (253-254). Faulkner characterizes Miss Emilys attempt to remove herself from society through her actions. "After her fathers death she went out very little af ter her sweetheart went away, heap hardly saw her at all" (254). The death of her father and the shattered relationship with her sweetheart contributed to her seclusion. Though her father was responsible for her becoming a recluse, her pride also contributed to her seclusion. "None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such" (225). Faulkner uses the feelings of other characters to show Miss Emilys pride. Her pride has kept her from socialize with other members of the community thus reinforcing her solitary. But Miss Emilys father is still responsible for her being a hermit. Her fathers over-protection is evident in this passage, "We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would hold up to cling to that which had robbed her, as people will" (256). Her father robs her from many of lifes necessities. She misses out on having friends, being a form "woman," and her ability to be h appy. Emily is so used to having her father be there for her, she figures that by keeping his body he can still be divide of her life. If he had not refuse the men who wanted to go out with Miss Emily, she may have not gone crazy. Miss Emily may have wanted seclusion, but her heart lingered for companionship. Her desire for love and companionship drove her to murder Homer Baron. She knew her intentions when she bought the arsenic poison.