The Fascination of Infatuation In William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily,” there can be many assumptions made about this very peculiar woman named Emily Grierson. The narrator, possibly the townspeople in Jefferson, seems to shed light on a very interesting woman who lives in the shadows of a family with instability and her disincline to let go of the ones she loves so dearly. In “A Rose for Emily,” Emily Grierson is viewed as a “fallen monument” (451) in which she lives her life on her own terms by refusing to pay her taxes and refusing to state her reasons for purchasing poison; which makes her reclusiveness fascinating to everyone when she dies and her secrets are revealed for all to see and know.
William Faulkner describes…show more content… Did Miss Emily coax him back to Jefferson and the rejection was too much for her to take?
The conclusion of Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily,” has a captivating way to draw the audience further in. The bizarre behavior of a woman who seemed at one point capable of functioning in the real world by going on buggy rides, attending Sunday church, and giving china painting lessons allows you to see a darker side, the audience did not see coming. Not until the narrator mentions the untimely death of Miss Emily and her burial do the readers see the intriguing mask she hid behind. Faulkner describes to the audience that “when a strand of iron-gray hair” (456) was found next to the decaying corpse of Homer Barron, this shows a broader picture of her deranged and indisposed behavior and actions the audience would later learn about. Faulkner allows the audience to see there is not much of a difference between the captivating life of that of an old, crazy woman and the townspeople so intrigued to know about her peculiar life even if it meant waiting until after her death to verify their own fascinations about their inquisitive
