A Rose for EmilySparknotes选注与评析收集整理完整版.docx
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ARoseforEmilySparknotes选注与评析收集整理完整版
ARoseforEmily-Sparknotes
WilliamFaulkner
TableofContents NextSection> PlotOverview Context WilliamFaulknerwasborninNewAlbany,Mississippi,in1897.Oneofthetwentiethcentury’sgreatestwriters,FaulknerearnedhisfamefromaseriesofnovelsthatexploretheSouth’shistoricallegacy,itsfraughtandoftentenselyviolentpresent,anditsuncertainfuture.ThisgroupingofmajorworksincludesTheSoundandtheFury(1929),AsILayDying(1930),LightinAugust(1931),andAbsalom,Absalom! (1936),allofwhicharerootedinFaulkner’sfictionalMississippicounty,Yoknapatawpha.ThisimaginarysettingisamicrocosmoftheSouththatFaulknerknewsowell.Itservesasalensthroughwhichhecouldexaminethepractices,folkways,andattitudesthathaddividedandunitedthepeopleoftheSouthsincethenation’sinception. Inhiswriting,Faulknerwasparticularlyinterestedinexploringthemoralimplicationsofhistory.AstheSouthemergedfromtheCivilWarandReconstructionandattemptedtoshedthestigmaofslavery,itsresidentswerefrequentlytornbetweenanewandanolder,moreestablishedworldorder.Religionandpoliticsfrequentlyfailtoprovideorderandguidanceandinsteadcomplicateanddivide.Society,withitsgossip,judgment,andharshpronouncements,conspirestothwarttheambitionsofindividualsstrugglingtoembracetheiridentities.AcrossFaulkner’sfictionallandscapes,individualcharactersoftenstageepicstruggles,preventedfromrealizingtheirpotentialorestablishingtheirplaceintheworld. “ARoseforEmily”wasthefirstshortstorythatFaulknerpublishedinamajormagazine.ItappearedintheApril30,1930,issueofForum.Despitetheearlierpublicationofseveralnovels,whenFaulknerpublishedthisstoryhewasstillstrugglingtomakeanameforhimselfintheUnitedStates.Fewcriticsrecognizedinhisprosethehallmarksofamajornewvoice.SlightlyrevisedversionsofthestoryappearedinsubsequentcollectionsofFaulkner’sshortfiction—inThese13(1931)andthenCollectedStories(1950)—whichhelpedtoincreaseitsvisibility. Today,themuch-anthologizedstoryisamongthemostwidelyreadandhighlypraisedofFaulkner’swork.BeyonditsluridappealandsomewhatGothicatmosphere,Faulkner’s“ghoststory,”asheoncecalledit,gesturestobroaderideas,includingthetensionsbetweenNorthandSouth,complexitiesofachangingworldorder,disappearingrealmsofgentilityandaristocracy,andrigidsocialconstraintsplacedonwomen.Ultimately,itisthestory’schillingportraitofaberrantpsychologyandnecrophiliathatdrawsreadersintothedank,dustyworldofEmilyGrierson. FaulknerwontheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1949andthePulitzerPrizeinboth1955and1962.HediedinByhalia,MississippionJuly6,1962,whenhewassixty-four. PlotOverview Thestoryisdividedintofivesections.InsectionI,thenarratorrecallsthetimeofEmilyGrierson’sdeathandhowtheentiretownattendedherfuneralinherhome,whichnostrangerhadenteredformorethantenyears.Inaonce-elegant,upscaleneighborhood,Emily’shouseisthelastvestigeofthegrandeurofalostera.ColonelSartoris,thetown’spreviousmayor,hadsuspendedEmily’staxresponsibilitiestothetownafterherfather’sdeath,justifyingtheactionbyclaimingthatMr.Griersonhadoncelentthecommunityasignificantsum.Asnewtownleaderstakeover,theymakeunsuccessfulattemptstogetEmilytoresumepayments.WhenmembersoftheBoardofAldermenpayheravisit,inthedustyandantiquatedparlor,EmilyreassertsthefactthatsheisnotrequiredtopaytaxesinJeffersonandthattheofficialsshouldtalktoColonelSartorisaboutthematter.However,atthatpointhehasbeendeadforalmostadecade.Sheasksherservant,Tobe,toshowthemenout. InsectionII,thenarratordescribesatimethirtyyearsearlierwhenEmilyresistsanotherofficialinquiryonbehalfofthetownleaders,whenthetownspeopledetectapowerfulodoremanatingfromherproperty.Herfatherhasjustdied,andEmilyhasbeenabandonedbythemanwhomthetownsfolkbelievedEmilywastomarry.Ascomplaintsmount,JudgeStevens,themayoratthetime,decidestohavelimesprinkledalongthefoundationoftheGriersonhomeinthemiddleofthenight.Withinacoupleofweeks,theodorsubsides,butthetownspeoplebegintopitytheincreasinglyreclusiveEmily,rememberinghowhergreataunthadsuccumbedtoinsanity.ThetownspeoplehavealwaysbelievedthattheGriersonsthoughttoohighlyofthemselves,withEmily’sfatherdrivingoffthemanysuitorsdeemednotgoodenoughtomarryhisdaughter.Withnoofferofmarriageinsight,Emilyisstillsinglebythetimesheturnsthirty. ThedayafterMr.Grierson’sdeath,thewomenofthetowncallonEmilytooffertheircondolences.Meetingthematthedoor,Emilystatesthatherfatherisnotdead,acharadethatshekeepsupforthreedays.Shefinallyturnsherfather’sbodyoverforburial. InsectionIII,thenarratordescribesalongillnessthatEmilysuffersafterthisincident.Thesummerafterherfather’sdeath,thetowncontractsworkerstopavethesidewalks,andaconstructioncompany,underthedirectionofnorthernerHomerBarron,isawardedthejob.HomersoonbecomesapopularfigureintownandisseentakingEmilyonbuggyridesonSundayafternoons,whichscandalizesthetownandincreasesthecondescensionandpitytheyhaveforEmily.Theyfeelthatsheisforgettingherfamilyprideandbecominginvolvedwithamanbeneathherstation. AstheaffaircontinuesandEmily’sreputationisfurthercompromised,shegoestothedrugstoretopurchasearsenic,apowerfulpoison.Sheisrequiredbylawtorevealhowshewillusethearsenic.Sheoffersnoexplanation,andthepackagearrivesatherhouselabeled“Forrats.” InsectionIV,thenarratordescribesthefearthatsomeofthetownspeoplehavethatEmilywillusethepoisontokillherself.HerpotentialmarriagetoHomerseemsincreasinglyunlikely,despitetheircontinuedSundayritual.ThemoreoutragedwomenofthetowninsistthattheBaptistministertalkwithEmily.Afterhisvisit,heneverspeaksofwhathappenedandswearsthathe’llnevergoback.Sotheminister’swifewritestoEmily’stwocousinsinAlabama,whoarriveforanextendedstay.BecauseEmilyordersasilvertoiletsetmonogrammedwithHomer’sinitials,talkofthecouple’smarriageresumes.Homer,absentfromtown,isbelievedtobepreparingforEmily’smovetotheNorthoravoidingEmily’sintrusiverelatives. Afterthecousins’departure,HomerenterstheGriersonhomeoneeveningandthenisneverseenagain.Holedupinthehouse,Emilygrowsplumpandgray.Despitetheoccasionallessonshegivesinchinapainting,herdoorremainsclosedtooutsiders.Inwhatbecomesanannualritual,Emilyrefusestoacknowledgethetaxbill.Sheeventuallyclosesupthetopfloorofthehouse.Exceptfortheoccasionalglimpseofherinthewindow,nothingisheardfromheruntilherdeathatageseventy-four.Onlytheservantisseengoinginandoutofthehouse. InsectionV,thenarratordescribeswhathappensafterEmilydies.Emily’sbodyislaidoutintheparlor,andthewomen,townelders,andtwocousinsattendtheservice.Aftersometimehaspassed,thedoortoasealedupstairsroomthathadnotbeenopenedinfortyyearsisbrokendownbythetownspeople.Theroomisfrozenintime,withtheitemsforanupcomingweddingandaman’ssuitlaidout.HomerBarron’sbodyisstretchedonthebedaswell,inanadvancedstateofdecay.TheonlookersthennoticetheindentationofaheadinthepillowbesideHomer’sbodyandalongstrandofEmily’sgrayhaironthepillow. CharacterList EmilyGrierson-Theobjectoffascinationinthestory.Aeccentricrecluse,Emilyisamysteriousfigurewhochangesfromavibrantandhopefulyounggirltoacloisteredandsecretiveoldwoman.Devastatedandaloneafterherfather’sdeath,sheisanobjectofpityforthetownspeople.Afteralifeofhavingpotentialsuitorsrejectedbyherfather,shespendstimeafterhisdeathwithanewcomer,HomerBarron,althoughthechancesofhismarryingherdecreaseastheyearspass.Bloatedandpallidinherlateryears,herhairturnssteelgray.SheultimatelypoisonsHomerandsealshiscorpseintoanupstairsroom. Readanin-depthanalysisofEmilyGrierson. HomerBarron-AforemanfromtheNorth.Homerisalargemanwithadarkcomplexion,aboomingvoice,andlight-coloredeyes.Agruffanddemandingboss,hewinsmanyadmirersinJeffersonbecauseofhisgregariousnatureandgoodsenseofhumor.HedevelopsaninterestinEmilyandtakesherforSundaydrivesinayellow-wheeledbuggy.Despitehisattributes,thetownspeopleviewhimasapoor,ifnotscandalous,choiceforamate.HedisappearsinEmily’shouseanddecomposesinanatticbedroomaftershekillshim. Readanin-depthanalysisofHomerBarron. JudgeStevens-AmayorofJefferson.Eightyyearsold,JudgeStevensattemptstodelicatelyhandlethecomplaintsaboutthesmellemanatingfromtheGriersonproperty.ToberespectfulofEmily’sprideandformerpositioninthecommunity,heandthealdermendecidetosprinklelimeonthepropertyinthemiddleofthenight. Mr.Grierson-Emily’sfather.Mr.Griersonisacontrolling,loomingpresenceevenindeath,andthecommunityclearlyseeshislastinginfluenceoverEmily.HedeliberatelythwartsEmily’sattemptstofindahusbandinordertokeepherunderhiscontrol.Wegetglimpsesofhiminthestory: inthecrayonportraitkeptonthegilt-edgedeaselintheparlor,andsilhouettedinthedoorway,horsewhipinhand,havingchasedoffan
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