Term Papers on A Rose For Emily

Term Paper Title	A Rose For Emily
# of Words	436
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.74

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 content of her character through physical description, through her actions, words, and feelings, through a narrator's direct comments about the character's nature, and through the actions, words, and feelings, of other characters.  Faulkner best uses characterization to examine the theme of the story, too much pride can end in homicidal madness.

       Miss Emily, the main character of this story, lives for many years as a recluse, someone who has withdrawn from a community to live in seclusion.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" (394).  Faulkner characterizes Miss Emily's attempt to remove herself from society through her actions.  "After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all" (395).  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" (395).  Faulkner u...

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