THE DEATH MOTIF in WILLIAM FAULKNERS A ROSE

“MISS EMILY GRIERSON DIED” AGE 74, JEFFERSON

FAULKNER’S OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI HOME “WHAT HAD ONCE BEEN OUR MOST SELECT STREET”

URBAN DECAY: “AN EYESORE AMONG EYESORES”

“THE RANK and ANONYMOUS GRAVES … AT THE BATTLE OF JEFFRERSON” CIVIL WAR CEMETERY

“THE OLD NEGRO” and SYMBOLS of the OLD SOUTH

MID-1800’s VICTORIAN FURNITURE: SETTE, PARLOR CHAIRS, LEATHER COACH WITH “A CLOSE, DANK SMELL”

“LIKE A BODY LONG SUBMERGED IN MOTIONLESS WATER, AND OF THAT PALLID HUE”

HER BED, LIKE a COFFIN WAITS: “A HEAVY WALNUT BED WITH A CURTAIN”

THE “BRIDAL” BED “OF FADED ROSE COLOR” “THE MAN HIMSELF LAY IN THE BED.

FAMILY SOCIETAL: TOWN=FAMILY Faulkner’s Oxford, Mississippi HOME TOWN

The Zombies – “A Rose For Emily” • The summer is here at last

The DEATH Motif in Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”

THE DEATH MOTIF in WILLIAM FAULKNER’S “A ROSE FOR EMILY” EMILY

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THE DEATH MOTIF in WILLIAM FAULKNER’S “A ROSE FOR EMILY”

“MISS EMILY GRIERSON DIED” AGE 74, JEFFERSON

FAULKNER’S OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI HOME “WHAT HAD ONCE BEEN OUR MOST SELECT STREET”

URBAN DECAY: “AN EYESORE AMONG EYESORES”

“THE RANK and ANONYMOUS GRAVES … AT THE BATTLE OF JEFFRERSON” CIVIL WAR CEMETERY MISSISSIPPI VETERAN of CIVIL WAR

“FLOWING CALLIGRAPHY IN FADED INK”

“THE OLD NEGRO” and SYMBOLS of the OLD SOUTH

MID-1800’s VICTORIAN FURNITURE: SETTE, PARLOR CHAIRS, LEATHER COACH WITH “A CLOSE, DANK SMELL”

“LIKE A BODY LONG SUBMERGED IN MOTIONLESS WATER, AND OF THAT PALLID HUE”

“THE SMELL”

HER BED, LIKE a COFFIN WAITS: “A HEAVY WALNUT BED WITH A CURTAIN”

THE “BRIDAL” BED “OF FADED ROSE COLOR” “THE MAN HIMSELF LAY IN THE BED. ”

LEVELS of MEANING in “A ROSE for EMILY”

PERSONAL/INDIVIDUAL

HISTORICAL/PAST

FAMILY SOCIETAL: TOWN=FAMILY Faulkner’s Oxford, Mississippi HOME TOWN

REFLEXIVE/LITERARY A LITERARY ROSE

The Zombies – “A Rose For Emily” • The summer is here at last The sky is overcast And no one brings a rose for Emily She watches her flowers grow While lovers come and go To give each other roses from her tree But not a rose for Emily. . . Emily, can't you see There's nothing you can do? There's loving everywhere But none for you. . . Her roses are fading now She keeps her pride somehow That's all she has protecting her from pain • And as the years go by She will grow old and die The roses in her garden fade away Not one left for her grave Not a rose for Emily. . . Emily, can't you see There's nothing you can do? There's loving everywhere But none for you. . . Her roses are fading now She keeps her pride somehow That's all she has protecting her from pain And as the years go by She will grow old and die The roses in her garden fade away Not one left for her grave Not a rose for Emily

The DEATH Motif in Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”