A Comparative Study of Mrs. Grimes and Miss Emily

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1、AComparativeStudyofMrs.GrimesandMissEmily　　I.BackgroundIntroduction　　IntheworksofSherwoodAnderson’sDeathinthewoodsandWilliamFaulkner’sARoseforEmily，bothauthorsdelineateprotagonistswhohavelivedmiserablelives.　　DeathintheWoodsisaboutMrs.Grimeswhotoilshardwhensheisaliveasshehastotakecar

2、eofherhusband，hersonandheranimals.Evenfromthetimewhensheisalittlegirl，sheleadsatoughlife.SheisaboundgirlthatbelongstoaGermanfamilywhosehostseducesherandhostessabusesher.　　ARoseforEmilyisafamousandpopularshortstoryofFaulknerwhowonnobleprizein1950.Emilyisaladywhoisprotectedbyherfatherw

3、ho“droveawayalltheyoungsuitors”whenheisalive.Therefore，whenherfatherdies，sheisleftaloneandcannotacceptthefact.ShemanagestomakealivingbygivingChinapaintinglessonstosmallchildrenintownandrejectsthetaxesorderedbythegovernment.　　II.LovelessandIsolatedLives　　Usuallyweexpectloveandbeautyfr

4、omarose，buttherose6forEmilydoesnotconveysuchamessage.Itcarriesthemeaningofmiseryandmourning.Inappearance，thenorthernforeman，HomerBarronseemstobeherlover；theygoouttogetherinacarriage.However，inreality，heisn’therlover；hewillnevermarryher.Sheisonlyhertemporarypreywhenworkinginthesouth.H

5、edoesn’tpresentheraroseforlove.　　Emily’slifeisisolatedandlonely.Needlesstomentionalover，sheevendoesn’thaveafriendtocommunicateinreality.Theonlylivingcreatureaccompanyingheristheblackservantwhosevoicebecomeshuskyandcoarse，whichindicatesalackofutterance.Inappearance，shelivesamongthecom

6、munity；whileinrealityshehasnoconnectionswiththecommunity.　　Itisonlyyearslaterthatshegoesoutdatingthenorthernforeman.Evenatthattime，sheseldomcommunicateswiththetownpeople.Thewholetownspeopledon’tunderstandherintheleast.Justastheyarespeculatingthatsheisgoingtomarrytheforemanasshepurcha

7、sessomethingsrelatedtomarriage，sheceasesheroutdooractivity.Fromthenon，sheremainsindoorsforever.Therefore，sheisisolatedfromtheoutsideworld.　　TheisolationandlackoflovealsogowithMrs.Grimes，theprotagonistintheDeathintheWoodswhohasthesamewretchedfateasEmily.Inappearanceshedoeshaveafamily，

8、ahusband，and