The Major Years: Isolation And Emily Grierson - A Deadly Combination
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William Faulkner, one of the most famed writers of our times, explores
in his writing the themes of alienation and isolation. He interweaves these
themes with his female characters. In A Rose for Emily, Miss Emily Grierson is a
woman who is alienated and lives in isolation from the people in her t ....
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.... in society. Women are oppressed and are usually
controlled by men. The women try to fight the men in their society and are
trying to find a way to escape from their grasps. They are hesitant to stand up
to the men and instead they tend to hide away. Backman notes that, "The will to
confront reality seems to be losing out to the need to escape"(p.184).
Miss Emily is a woman who had the whole town wondering what she was
doing, but did not allow anyone the pleasure of finding out. Once ....
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