"A Rose For Emily" By William Faulkner. This paper shows Faulkners use of symbolism to portray death throughout this story.
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"A Rose For Emily"
William Faulkner's "A Rose For Emily" portrays a post-modern culture of the old south.
More specific in this story, images of death are shown by Faulkner's use of symbolism. In this
story, death is symbolic within the past, present and future in the form of the stench, the house,
and the arsenic.
When anything becomes a stench, either rotting or decomposition is present. As many of
the townsfolk observed, a stench …
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…was the symbol for the death to come in the future. In conclusion, Faulkner's use of symbolism comes alive in the form of the stench, the house, and the arsenic. All of these can be seen as a way for death to be duly represented within the past, present and future tense. As for Ms. Emily, her inability to let go of the past prevented her from embracing the present, and so ended her future.
…was the symbol for the death to come in the future. In conclusion, Faulkner's use of symbolism comes alive in the form of the stench, the house, and the arsenic. All of these can be seen as a way for death to be duly represented within the past, present and future tense. As for Ms. Emily, her inability to let go of the past prevented her from embracing the present, and so ended her future.
