A Rose for Emily

 
 
 
 
The setting in William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily is highly significant to the themes, characters, and events of the short story. Miss Emily Grierson is a relic from the past, one who refuses to accept modernity and change. The setting employed by Faulkner demonstrates such an attitude. Miss Grierson's father, Colonel Sartoris, used to be the Mayor of the town. Miss Grierson is used to being protected by her family name, her father, and the fact that in the past her father basically ran the town and everyone in it. She refuses to accept reality, will not pay her taxes, and is responsible for the murder of a former beau who jilted her. Faulkner uses setting to contrast the encroaching and inevitable forces of modernity against Miss Emily's stubborn refusal to change.

The setting of A Rose for Emily is established early by Faulkner. No one has seen the inside of Miss Emily's home for over a decade. Miss Emily's last name is described as one "of those august names" of the past (1). Even the house in which Miss Emily lives is portrayed as stubborn, proud and unwilling to adapt to the changing environment around it, "āonly Miss Emily's house w


     
 
 
 
    

 

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