Faukner's "A Rose For Emily" Summary

In William Faukners story "A Rose for Emily", he talks about life for the South after the Civil War. Mostly this is evolving around a woman name Miss Emily who has just become dead broke in money like many others after the Civil War. In Miss Emily's case she is actually a represnetation of the depression going around in the New South because many people did not have a lot of money in the South because Slaves did all of the work while they lived in the high life. Miss Emily is liing the life of Sadness after her father died,for he kept her in the house and away from boys. Miss Emily soon from these experiences thought she was to good to date. To make matters worse she soon meets a Northerner, a mna by the name of Homer Barron. The Town which had respected her for a long time thought they would date for a long time but they hated it because Homer was a Northerner. Many years pass and she had lost Homer but made it look like they tied the Knot. The years went by and she aged terribly and when she finally did die she had never told people her secret of Homer's body in the bedroom. The Symbolism of Miss Emily is that pity,depression, and loss had effected the south. This just proves that the SOuth was never the Same as it was after the Civil War.

Faulkner uses “A Rose for Emily” to address themes of change and progress, especially as it relates to the American South. Although he describes particular individuals within Jefferson (Miss Emily, the older men and ladies, the town leaders), he seems to be using them as symbols for the larger issues that the South was facing at the turn of the twentieth century. Discuss how Faulkner addresses the themes of progress and change in the South.

the old south and the new south summary

In the days before the civil war, it was an era known as the Old South. In this time period the Southerners were well known for their plantations and the slave work that wa used on them. In the time period also the Southerners were up in high class and didi not work but partied and lived on the high stakes. The era during and after the civil war was called the New South which actually went from a good world for the Southerners to a bad world. This time was a time of extreme destruction to plantations, murderous battles of the world, and loss of money and work for the South. The South after the Civil War had to look at a whole new lifeline for things because they were in a problem after the loss of work and the end of Slavery began. The South was never the same after that for they had to learn how to work and get back out of the poor house and back on their feet as well as their life.

The "old" south and the "new" south

The civil war changed the face of this country in many ways. Specifically examine the south during this period of transition. What impact did the civil war have on southern states. Describe what is meant by the terms the "old" south and the "new" south, highlighting and discussing differences in the south before and after the civil war.

Miss Bill

Miss Brill is a story that focuses around a woman that is living in her own little world. Besides every day of the week being an English teacher she is always waiting for that one special day of her life which is Sunday were she goes to a park in her home of France. When she goes she likes to wear a fox fur which has been put away for a very long time but she fancies up just to get it all nice and in great shape. When she goes to the park though she does not talk to people, instead she does an annoying thing, she listens to their conversations. She listens to many couples like an old married couple, two soldiers and to fair ladies, and also a young couple. Miss Brill is a little bit on the everything is fixated on you phase, for she believes that she is an actress and the park is her show and the people will miss her if she is not their to take part. She soon changes though as soon as the young couple says a couple of rude things like that she doesn’t belong and that nobody wants her around. So she goes home taking her fox fur with her which has been a soul connection to herself for she believes that it cries sometimes from being put away. She feels that the fox fur cries but the symbolism in it is that it is symbolizing her being shut out from the world as an alone and sad old woman.

We view the people and events of "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield almost entirely through the eyes and feelings of its protagonist. The author relies upon indirect presentation for her characterization of Miss Brill. Write as full of an account as you can of the nature and temperament of the story's main character.