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摘要威廉•福克纳是享誉世界的美国现代小说家，《献给艾米丽的一朵玫瑰花》是其最著名的短篇小说。本文主要分析了艾米丽的性格极其形成的原因。艾米丽孤独、古怪、顽固，造成她这种性格原因有三个。一是传统家庭观念的束缚，二是缺少社会的关爱与支持,三是新旧文化的冲突。但是艾米丽也有勇敢的一面。在他父亲死后，她不顾亲戚及周围的人的反对，勇敢地追求自己的爱情，但从根本上说为艾米丽与荷马分别代表了南北方两种新旧文化：一个代表了没落的南方，一个代表了正在崛起的北方，所以他们的爱情注定是悲剧。24856
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毕业论文关键词:艾米丽;变态性格;父权制
Abstract
William Faulkner is one of the famous modern American novelists in the world. A Rose for Emily is his famous short story. This paper intends to analysize Emily’s personality and the reasons for its formation. Emily is lonely, eccentric, and stubborn. There are three reasons for the formation of its abnormal personality. The first reason is the bondage of traditional family values; the second is lack of care and support of society; the third one is the conflicts between the new and the old cultures. However, Emily is brave. After her father died, Emily falls in love with Homer Barron and pursues her love regardless of objections from her relatives and people of the town. Unfortunately, Emily and Homer represent two different cultures respectively in essence: one represents the declining South, the other the rising North; one represents obsolete, the other advanced. In that case, the love between them is destined to be a tragedy.
Key words: Emily; Abnormal personality; Patriarchy
Contents
摘 要 i
Abstract ii
Ⅰ. Introduction 1
Ⅱ.The Analysis of Emily’s Personality 2
2.1 Extreme Loneliness 2
2.2 Stubbornness 5
2.3 Eccentricity 5
2.4 Courage for Love 6
Ⅲ. Reasons for the Formation of Emily’s Personality 8
3.1 The Family Restriction 8
3.2 Lack of Social Support 9
3.3 The Conflict Between New and Old Cultures 11
Ⅳ.Conclusion 12
Bibliography 14
Acknowledgement 15
The Analysis of Emily’s Personality in A Rose for Emily
Ⅰ. Introduction
A Rose for Emily is William Faulkner’s most famous short story. This story is set in the town of Jefferson in Yoknapatawpha County, the center of Faulkner’s “mythical kingdom;” and Emily Grierson family is the central character of the short story.
This story happens after the American Civil War, in Jefferson Town. It’s a story about an eccentric spinster named Emily Grierson whose marriage is totally manipulated by her father. Two years after her father’s death, poor Emily is acquainted with a northerner called Homer Barron, a day laborer and she falls in love with him. However, their relation is short-lived as Homer becomes tired of her and intends to get rid of her. In order to keep Homer at hand, Emily kills him with arsenic and “obtain” him, thus, she sleeps with his corpse for decades. This is the truth that villagers find after her death. From my own perspective, this masterpiece reflects the decline of the southern society and reveals the conflicts between the two different value systems and two societies after the American Civil War. In this novel, Emily symbolizes the South, old and tradition, the Yankee represents the North, new and modern. Both young guys might be interested in each other when they first meet. But they possess quit different values or concept of lives. So they inevitably separated before long. The conflict between the two partners symbolizes the conflict between the South and the North. And the absurd murder aggravates the contradictions.