Document Type
Sophomore Award Winner
Award Date
Spring 2011
Course Name
Literary Explorations II
Teacher
Dr. Leah Kind
Abstract
Judgment, pressure, or failure to live up to a name - although expectations may be inevitable, they often have tragic consequences. In William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily,” a Southern antebellum town holds many expectations for its Grierson family. The narrator relates Jefferson’s changing regard for Miss Emily between her father’s death, lover’s disappearance, and final seclusion, and also assesses whether she behaves how a legendary Grierson “should”. The town’s judgmental, unrealistic expectations cause Miss Emily’s social exclusion and her descent into a solitary, crazed condition.
Recommended Citation
Camras, Emily, "Miss Emily Grierson: A Thorn in Jefferson’s Bed" (2011). 2011 Spring Semester. 1.
https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/spring2011/1