In ¡°A Rose for Emily,¡± William Faulkner¡¯s use of language foreshadows and builds up to the climax of the story. His choice of words is descriptive, tying resoundingly into the theme through which Miss Emily Grierson threads, herself emblematic of the effects of time and the nature of the old and the new. Appropriately, the story begins with death, flashes back to the near distant past and leads on to the demise of a woman and the traditions of the past she personifies. Faulkner has carefully crafted a multi-layered masterpiece, and he uses language, characterization, and chronology to move it along, a sober commentary flowing beneath on the nature of time, change, and chance¡ªas well as a psychological narrative on the static nature of memory.
Faulker begins his tale at the end: after learning of Miss Emily¡¯s death, we catch a glimpse of her dwelling, itself a reflection of its late owner. The house lifts ¡°its stubborn and coquettish decay¡± above new traditions just as its......
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