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1、AnalysisofEmily’sCharactersⅠ.Introduction“ARoseforEmily”isaclassicstoryrepresentingFaulkner’sfavoritesubject,themeandstyle.ThestoryissetinthetownofJeffersoninhisimaginaryYoknapatawphaCounty,the“mythicalkingdom”.ThestorybeginswithafuneraloftheeponymousMissEmily.
2、Itdoesnotfollowaparticularorderofchronologicaltime.Thenarrationflowsbackwardsorforwardsinalineofreality,revealingsignificantdetailsofEmily’slifeandthemurderoftheHomerBarronbyEmily,whicharesuspendedtilltheendofthestory.Thenarrativeisalsodividedintofiveparts,allo
3、wingforflexibleshiftsintimeanddisplaysofEmily’simageatvariousstagesofherlife.ThroughthestoryaboutEmily,theauthortriestopinpointanunavoidablefateofthearistocracyandvariouschangesintheSouthAmericaaftertheCivilWar.Inthisstory,EmilyGrierson,themaincharacter,isavict
4、im.Dominatedbyherfatherandhisrigidideasofsocialstatus,shehasbeenpreventedfrommarryingduringherlifetime.Oneyearafterherfather’sdeath,shefallsinlovewithanortherner.Whenshefindsthatherloverisnotgoingtogetmarriedwithher,shepoisonshimsothatshecankeephimwithherforeve
5、r.Thoughtheplotofthestoryisnotcomplicated,yetitcanbeconsideredasaminorprogramofhisworks.InitareexamplesofFaulkner’sartisticpreoccupationsandtechniques:theexplorationofpsychologicalreality,thesocialstructureandmoresofasoutherncommunity,thenatureoftime,andtherela
6、tionofthepasttothepresent.Thispaperwillapproachthestoryfromthefollowingaspects:analysisofEmily’scharacter,therootcausesofhercharactersandherdestiny.Ⅱ.AnalysisofEmily’scharactersEmilyisthemaincharacter,theprotagonistofthestory.Inthisstory,theauthormainlyfocusesa
7、ndrevealsthemaincharacter—Emily.Inordertoanalyze22Emily’scharacter,somequestionshaveatfirsttobeanswered:Whattypeisthisstoryorwhatkindofthemethisstoryplanstoreveal?Whenansweringthesequestions,itbecomesmucheasiertoanalyzehercharacter.MissEmilyiskindofquietandperv
8、erse,proudandaloof,haughty,braveandtough,arepresentativeoftraditionalconventionandsoforth.Thefollowingsaregoingtoexpatiateonthem.2.1MissEmily’shaughtycharacterAttheveryfirst