The Nature of Love: Faulkner and Hemingway

We find out that Miss Emily is from one of the ôaugustö families in town, living in a home that was once admired but has become an eyesore of disrepair after years of neglect. We discover that despite her insistence on keeping up appearances about her ôhigh and mightyö family, Miss Emily is really a heartbroken old woman whose experiences in love have driven her to homicide. We see that Miss EmilyÆs obedience to her father in her youth has robbed her of any chance of finding real happiness in love. As the townsfolk think of her; ôWe remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that which had robbed her, as people willö (Faulkner 624).

Because Miss Emily adhered to her fatherÆs dictates as

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accept that their love could not last. As such, her stubborn and proud character refused to accept his rejection of her. Because of this, she kills the object of her love much like her fatherÆs controlling behavior robber her of a chance for love. Works Cited Faulkner, W. ôA Rose for Emily.ö pp. 622-627. Housman, A. E. ôWhen I Was One-and-Twenty.ö 1896, p. 868. ESSAY TWO Introduction In HemingwayÆs ôCat in the Rainö an American couple is traveling abroad. At their hotel, the women notices a cat caught outside, trying to protect itself from the rain. The woman has great empathy for the ôkittyö and is determined to rescue it (610). The kitten in the rain symbolizes the relationship between the man and woman. The woman is empathetic with the kitten, because it reminds her of the lack of affection and nurturing she experiences in her own relationship with her husband. Body The woman in the story is unsatisfied with her current life. She is frustrated over her appearance. She wants to change her hair because she is tired ôàof looking like a boyö (Hemingway 612). She seeks something more than her relationship offers her at the moment. She wants a new hairdo, she wants the kitten to ôàsit on [her] lap and purr when [she]
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