门牙-沉淀剂
A rose for Emily
This story
happens after the American Civil War, in Jefferson
Town. It
’
s a story about
an eccentric spinster
named
Emily
Grierson whose
marriage
is totally
manipulated by
her
father.
Two
years
after
her
father
’
s
death,
poor
Emily
is
acquainted
with
a
northerner
called Homer Barron, a day laborer and
she falls in love with him. However, their
relation
is short-lived as Homer
becomes tired of her and intends to get rid of
her. In order to keep
Homer at
hand,
Emily
kills
him
with arsenic and
“
obtain
”
him,
thus,
she
sleeps with
his
corpse
for
decades.
This
is
the
truth
that
villagers
find
after
her
death.
From
my
own
perspective,
this
masterpiece
reflects
the
decline
of
the
southern
society
and
reveals
the
conflicts
between
the
two
different
value
systems
and
two
societies
after
the
American
Civil
War.
Then,
I
will
explain
my
opinions
from
the
following
three
aspects:
character,
symbol and setting.
Emily
is an embodiment of the south, the old
and tradition.
At the
very
beginning of
this
story
, the writer recounts
the decoration of
her
house
which
is still 1870s style,
isn
’
t
change
any
more.
Besides,
she
is
also
obstinate.
When
the
new
government
compel
the
taxes on
her
，
she refuses to pay the
tax and even ridiculously mentions a colonel who
has
been
dead
almost
ten
years.
Another
example
is
that
she
prevents
people
from
installing
mail-box on the wall. She keeps the
traditional
views all
the
long
，
but resists
to change
anything. However,
poor
Emily
is a determined
woman. Regardless of
people
’
s criticism,
she
insists on
marrying a
northerner whose
social position
is apparently
lower than
her.
It
is known that
in
that period of
time,
hierarchy
is prevailing and deep-rooted through
out
the society. It particularly has a
profound influence on marriage. When someone
chooses a
partner,
he
or
she
must
consider
the
social
position
of
the
other
party
to
the
marriage.
However,
Emily
chooses
to
disobey
the
convention
and
challenges
tradition.
Given
this
situation, her failure is quite
expectable. However, she cannot get rid of the
shackles of the
Southern
conventions.
After
all,
she
captures
her
lover
in
her
own
way
and
the
love
is
treated with honor.
Her
father,
the
old
Grierson,
is
also
an
incarnation
of
the
South,
patriarchy
and
tradition. He was very fastidious about
her daughter
’
s marriage and
drove away every man
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