Emily s Motives Murdering Homer Mental Illness And Pride

Gulnara Aliyeva Professor S.J. Overall English 2 TuTh 6:30 P.M. Writing Project #2 â€Å"Short stories† Final Reader’s Draft 4 August 2015 Emily’s Motivations Murdering Homer: Mental Illness and Pride â€Å"A Rose for Emily† is one of the Faulkner s works which is highly read and praised by readers. One one level, it is a ghost story, as Faulkner once called it, but on another it is a portrayal of the tensions between the North and South and within the South, as the aristocracy and limitations on women began to crumble. â€Å"A Rose for Emily can be accepted as a narrative astory. The narrator, who is very familiar with the setting, Jefferson, Mississippi, tells the story of southern female protagonist Emily Grierson. The story begins with a†¦show more content†¦Not only was her great-aunt Wyatt insane, but also her father always dominated her, so her life has never been a normal young woman s life. From the narrator describing Emily s life, I can see that her mental state was always precarious. She was always under the control of her father. From the story we know Emily s father thought that none of the young men were good enough for Emily. This indicates she nev er had the chance to make her own choices. Emily has been cut off from conventional relationship for a long time. When she is a young woman, her father limits her access to young men, and after his death, she limits the townspeople s access to her private life. Living in this condition makes her dark and hidden from society. This intensifies the qualities she shares with the stereotypical southern unbalanced and excessively tragic figure. As an example of her self-imposed isolation, she refuses to pay taxes or to have a mailbox. She thus sets herself apart from society and sees herself as someone who does not have to follow the law. The extreme extension of this is taking Homer s life, which she does after learning the truth about him that he is not a marrying man. This news puts stress on Emily because Homer represented hope for her. She purchased monogrammed men s toiletries, suggesting to the townspeople that they intended to marry. Allowing the townspeople to believe that she would marry Homer took courage after