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1、AroseforEmilyThisstoryhappensaftertheAmericanCivilWar,inJeffersonTown.It’sastoryaboutaneccentricspinsternamedEmilyGriersonwhosemarriageistotallymanipulatedbyherfather.Twoyearsafterherfather’sdeath,poorEmilyisacquaintedwithanorthernercalledHomerBarron,adaylaborerandshefallsinlovewithhim.Howev
2、er,theirrelationisshort-livedasHomerbecomestiredofherandintendstogetridofher.InordertokeepHomerathand,Emilykillshimwitharsenicand“obtain”him,thus,shesleepswithhiscorpsefordecades.Thisisthetruththatvillagersfindafterherdeath.Frommyownperspective,thismasterpiecereflectsthedeclineofthesoutherns
3、ocietyandrevealstheconflictsbetweenthetwodifferentvaluesystemsandtwosocietiesaftertheAmericanCivilWar.Then,Iwillexplainmyopinionsfromthefollowingthreeaspects:character,symbolandsetting.Emilyisanembodimentofthesouth,theoldandtradition.Attheverybeginningofthisstory,thewriterrecountsthedecorati
4、onofherhousewhichisstill1870sstyle,isn’tchangeanymore.Besides,sheisalsoobstinate.Whenthenewgovernmentcompelthetaxesonher，sherefusestopaythetaxandevenridiculouslymentionsacolonelwhohasbeendeadalmosttenyears.Anotherexampleisthatshepreventspeoplefrominstallingmail-boxonthewall.Shekeepsthetradit
5、ionalviewsallthelong，butresiststochangeanything.However,poorEmilyisadeterminedwoman.Regardlessofpeople’scriticism,sheinsistsonmarryinganorthernerwhosesocialpositionisapparentlylowerthanher.Itisknownthatinthatperiodoftime,hierarchyisprevailinganddeep-rootedthroughoutthesociety.Itparticularlyh
6、asaprofoundinfluenceonmarriage.Whensomeonechoosesapartner,heorshemustconsiderthesocialpositionoftheotherpartytothemarriage.However,Emilychoosestodisobeytheconventionandchallengestradition.Giventhissituation,herfailureisquiteexpectable.However,shecannotgetridoftheshacklesoftheSouthernconventi
7、ons.Afterall,shecapturesherloverinherownwayandtheloveistreatedwithhonor.Herfather,theoldGrierson,isalsoanincarnationoftheSouth,patriarchyandtradition.Hewasveryfastidiousaboutherdaughter’smarriageanddroveawayeveryman3whocaughtthefancyofher.“Whensheg
