Necrophilia in A Rose for Emily

William Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily" is often considered a literary classic. This is because Faulkner can raise our thoughts and emotions to the level of frustration. But Faulkner 's game is not just to make this story better. The main character Emily Greason is a stubborn and obstinate old man, he is very strange, this is the big reason. In order to fully understand why Emily is her way, we have to see Emily 's apparent true view.

"Emily's rose" is the most famous story of William Faulkner. In the past, critics like Lionel Trilling thought it was a trivial Gothic story about crazy and love of corpses. Evaluation focused on a well-designed plot structure and the point of view of the story. This story occurs in the imaginary city of Jefferson from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. As the story begins with the death of Miss Emily and moves back and forth in time, it is often difficult for readers to order stories of stories in order. Some critics dated the story, and although they had differences, they dated on Miss Emily's birth between 1850 and 1864 and the death between 1924 and 1938 I filled in (Moore 195). However, it is not necessary to decide the chronological order to understand the story of Faulkner, but it is important to consider the background of the story and the historical background.

Racial discrimination, suicide, dead bodies, psychosis are just a part of Faeckner's exploration. In "Roses for Emily" every aspect of corpse and psychosis and social prejudice observed in the environment of a small town is considered part of this fascinating story. These aspects are intertwined with the crazy idea of ​​"Emily's rose" in the end. Madness is a medically diagnosed disease that shows that you can not recognize the right thing.