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1、LoveistheSourceofTragedy---AAnalysisofARoseforEmilyARoseforEmilyisoneofthemostfamousshortstorieswrittenbyWilliam·Faulkner.Itisanovelwithadominatingideaoflove,evenifitisneitherromanticnorpassionate,youcanbetotallyaffectedbysomeinadvertentplotswhichrevealsahintofmovingamb
2、iance.itissospecialthatitcanputpeopleintoentirereadingwithrapture,althoughtheendingispainful,butitstimulatespeopletodeepthought.Throughoutthestory,"rose"appearsonlytwiceasadjectivesatonesentencewhenrhestorycomestoanending,"...Fadedrosecolor,upontherose-shadedlights...",
3、sointhetitle,whatistherosefor?InWesternculture,roseisasymbolofpurity,beauty,loveandregeneration.First,inancientGreekandRomanmyths,thefirstbunchofrosesgrowfromthebloodofAdonis,loverofVenus,soroseisthesymboloflovebeyonddeath.Secondly,inthesystemofChristian,roserepresentst
4、hebloodofChristonthecross,whichalsorepresentstheloveofGod.Thirdly,accordingtothefolklore,theredroserepresentssecularlove.Inthetitleof"ARoseforEmily",rosedoesnotrefertothattheinhabiantsofthetownorthenarratorpresentrosesafterthedeathofEmily.Roseinthestoryisinfactatleastre
5、ferstosomrunderstandingsofthefollowings:A"rose"isthenarratoronbehalfoftownresidents,expressestherespectandadoration.Second,EmilyistheembodientofUStraditionalsoutherners,sothe"rose"mayrefertoEmilyhadbecomearoseinthemindsofJeffersonresidents,especiallythoseoldConfederates
6、oldiers.Third,itmaymeanEmily'sloveisboyonddeath.Fourth,iamaybealludingtotheissueofEmilyinthepursuitoflove,tryingtoovercometimeandspace,herdedicationandspiritofchallengethatworthybededicatedtoroses.MissEmilyGriersonistheemblemofthevictimofOldSouth'straditionalideas.WhenE
7、milyisalive,shehasbeenragardedasincarnationoftradition,asymbolofduty,sheisalsotheonewhomthepeoplepayattentionto.Asthefemaleprotagonist,Emilyisasortofexampleofabygoneera.She'sfromanupperclasswherefamilynameisveneratedatalmostanycost.MissEmilywasstubbornandhaughty,isolate
8、dfromsocietyandrefusedtoacceptthechanges.Hercharacterhadbeenpresenteddramaticallyintheshortstory.MissEmilyrefu
