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ARoseforEmily,ByWilliamFaulkner,Theauthor,TheBackground,ThePlots,TheThemes,Author,WilliamCuthbertFaulkner(bornFalkner,September25,1897July6,1962),alsoknownasWillFaulkner,wasanAmericanwriterandNobelPrizelaureatefromOxford,Mississippi.Faulknerworkedinavarietyofwrittenmedia,includingnovels,shortstories,aplay,poetry,essaysandscreenplays.Heisprimarilyknownandacclaimedforhisnovelsandshortstories,manyofwhicharesetinthefictionalYoknapatawphaCounty,asettingFaulknercreatedbasedon,LafayetteCounty,wherehespentmostofhislife,andHollySprings/MarshallCounty.1FaulknerisoneofthemostimportantwritersinbothAmericanliteraturegenerallyandSouthernLiteraturespecifically.Thoughhisworkwaspublishedasearlyas1919,andlargelyduringthe1920sand1930s,Faulknerwasrelativelyunknownuntilreceivingthe1949NobelPrizeinLiterature.Twoofhisworks,AFable(1954)andhislastnovelTheReivers(1962),wonthePulitzerPrizeforFiction.2,In1998,theModernLibraryrankedhis1929novelTheSoundandtheFurysixthonitslistofthe100bestEnglish-languagenovelsofthe20thcentury;alsoonthelistwereAsILayDying(1930)andLightinAugust(1932).Absalom,Absalom!(1936)isoftenincludedonSimilarlists.,Thedetails,AtmosphereSuffocating,orDepressionThemeLoveTragedyCharacterMissEmilyisamysteriousandarrogantwoman.Emilyistotallyatragedyoftheoldtraditions.Sheisaprisonerofthepast,ofthesocialandmoraltaboosoftheSouth.Notonlybecauseshepurelyawoman,butalsothestubbornconventionsmanacleherthatresultinherfrustratedlife,TimeAfterAmericancivilwarPlaceInJeffersonTownMainFigureEmilyGrierson,Hisfather,HomerBarron,thevillagers,theNegro,SettingWhendoesithappen?Ithappenedin19century,aftertheAmericanCivilWar.Wheredoesthestoryhappen?ThestoryissetinthesoutherntownofJefferson.,A.Thetownfrownedonheraffair,theministergoingtoseeher;thefemalecousinsvisiting;Emilyorderedjewelry,preparingformarriage.HomerBarrongoingawayandcoming;Emilyboughttheratpoison.B.Emilywassickforlong,latershewasinlove.C.ThesmellfromEmilyshouse(fromtherottenbody);Emilyshairturninggray,herdoorclosed;from40to50,givingchina-painting.D.Emilylivedtotheageof30,andherfatherdied.E.Emilydiedat74.F.Sincewhenshewasabout60,thetaxproblemhadremainedunresolved.Answer:DBACFE,I.Themeaningofthetitle:whatdosearosesymbolize?Themeaningofthetitleisambiguous,capableofvariousinterpretations.Aroseisatraditionalsymbolofloveandapledgeoffaithfulness.FromthestorywecanseeMissEmilywasdeniedlove.So,inthissense,thetitlehasanironicmeaning.Aroseforsomebodycanalsomeanakindofmemorial,anoffering,inmemoryofsomebody.Itshowstheauthorssympathyanddeeprespect.,II.Emily,suchagrotesque,oldrecluse,seemstobeprivilegedinthetown.Why?,III.Whydoesshebuytheratpoison,thearsenic?,BecauseEmilystandsforakindofoldtraditionofsoutherncountry.Peopleinthistowncannotfacethefailureofthewarfromtheirinnerhearts,sotheytrytoprotecttheironlysymbol.,TokillHomerBarronandneverdepartwithhim.,IV.HomerBarronwasneverseenlater.Doyouknowhiswhereabouts?,HewaskilledbyEmily，andhewaslyinginEmilyshomeforever.,Theplotofthestoryevolvesaroundmanyconflicts:theconflictsbetweenMissEmilyandherfathertheconflictbetweenMissEmilyandthetown,theestablishedcodesofconducttheconflictbetweenMissEmilyandHomerBarron,theconflictbetweentheSouthandtheNorththeconflictbetweenthepastandthepresent.,Theplotofthestoryevolvesaroundmanyconflicts:theconflictsbetweenMissEmilyandherfathertheconflictbetweenMissEmilyandthetown,theestablishedcodesofconducttheconflictbetweenMissEmilyandHomerBarron,theconflictbetweentheSouthandtheNorththeconflictbetweenthepastandthepresent.,ThisstoryhappensaftertheAmericanCivilWar,inJeffersonTown.ItsastoryaboutaneccentricspinsternamedEmilywhosemarriageistotallymanipulatedbyherfather.Twoyearsafterherfathersdeath,poorEmilyisacquaintedwithanorthernercalledHomerBarron,adaylaborerandshefallsinlovewithhim.However,theirrelationisshort-livedasHomerbecomestiredofherandintendstogetridofher.InordertokeepHomerathand,Emilykillshimwitharsenicand“obtain”him,thus,shesleepswithhiscorpsefordecades.,ConclusionThismasterpiecereflectsthedeclineofthesouthernsocietyandrevealstheconflictsBetweenthetwodifferentvaluesystemsandtwoSocietiesaftertheAmericanCivilwar.Emilyisanembodimentofthesouth,theoldandtradition.Inourdailylife,everythingischangingeveryday.Asanindividual,wecanonlyadaptourselvestotheproteanenvironmentandshouldlearntoAcceptnewthings.Onlywhenwekeeplearningeverydaycanwesurviveinthisworldwhichisfullofcompetition.,TheCausesoftheHeroinesTragicLifeinARoseforEmily,ThestoryARoseforEmilytakesplaceinFaulknersfictionalcityJefferson,Mississippi.ThehistoricalsettingofthisstoryispostAmericanCivilWar.Thestoryreflectsthesouthernersloveanddetestationoftheoldtraditionandtheirdistrustoftheideologyofnorthernindustrialcapital.Inthisshortstory,theheroineEmilyusedtobeasouthernnobility.,Historicalreason,ThecivilwardestroyedmuchofthewealththathadexistedintheSouth.ButintheeyeoftheJeffersoncitizens,Emilyisstillthesignalofoldsouthernprosperity.Sheiskindofamonument.Ontheonehand,thesouthernersknowtheyarenolongerrich.Ontheotherhand,tokeepthememoryofyesterday,theytryhardtopreservetheoldtradition.,ReligiouscausesThereareallsortsofreligiousgroupsinAmerica.AmongtheAmericanpeople,36%areProtestants,andoverthreefifthsofallAmericanreligiouspeopleareProtestants(张奎武，2008:285).Inthemindofthepuritans,womenshouldbereservedandmustsuppresssensualpassion.Intheshortstory,theheroineEmilyisarepresentative“southernlady”whoisdestroyedbythereligiousdoctrines.Herfatherwantsto,keepher“holyandpure”,sohedrivesawayallthewooersofMissEmily.Thechastenessofawomanismoreimportantthanherpositionasahumanbeing.Thushernaturaldesirecannotbesatisfiedandresultinmindtwisting.Emilyisdeeplyinfluencedbythereligiousbelief.Afterthedeathofherfather,shegetsfreephysically,however,shecannotremovefettersfromhermind.ThedoctrineofwomenhasrootedinEmilysmind.,Sowhenheraffectionforthenorthernerbecomethelaughingstockofthetown,sheresortstoanextremeway,thatis,killingHomer.Thisisthewaysheventsafteryearsofinhibitingfromdesireandpassion.Itisapowerfulaccuseofsouthernsociety.Itisapowerfulaccuseofsouthernsociety.,PeopleinthetownIntheshortstory,thepeopleinthetownseemtocarefortheheroineandworshipthearistocrats.Butinfact,theyarejusttryingtopreservetheoldtraditionandinterfereinherprivatelife.Sothepeopleinthetownplayaroleascatalysttotheheroinestragiclife.Thedarkmindofthetownpeopleismentionedseveraltimesinthepassage.“Sowhenshegottobethirtyandwasstillsingle,wewerenot,pleasedexactly,butvindicated;evenwithInsanityinthefamilyshewouldnthaveturneddownallofherchancesiftheyhadreallymaterialized.”Fromthetoneofthepeople,theirschadenfreudeisclearedexposed.Theirassumptionisfullofridiculeandirony.TheyaregladtofindthatinfactMissEmilydosenothavethatmanysuitors.WhentheyknowthatallthethingsthatEmilysfatherleaveforheris,justahouse.Theybecomehappyagain.AlltheycareaboutisnotEmilyslife,theyjustfeelasenseofsuperiorityinshowingpitytoEmily.,FamilyinfluenceFamilyissupposedtobethefirstschoolofaperson,whileparentsarethefirstteacheroftheirchildren.Theexperienceofoneschildhoodcanhaveathroughimpactonhislatterbehavior.EmilywasborninadownfallennoblefamilyofsouthAmerica.Sheliveswithherfathersinceshewasborn.Emilyseldomleaveshome.She