Archetypes In A Rose For Emily
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Archetypes are, by definition, previous images, characters, or patterns
that recur throughout literature and though consistently enough to be considered
a universal concept or situation. Archetypes also can be described as complexes
of experiences that come upon us like fate, and their effects ar ....
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.... to do as she pleases, but her dependence her father does not allow her to
have that freedom.
Her father's over-protection is evident in this passage, “We remembered all
the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left,
she would have to cling to that which had robbed her, as people will” (279).
Her father robs her from many of life's necessities. She misses out on having
friends, being a normal “woman,” and her ability to be happy. Emily is not able
t ....
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