Very often in literature, authors will use many techniques to show the chosen theme of the story. In "A Rose for Emily", by William Faulkner, he uses the element of setting to help explain his ideas and the necrophilia of the main character. The term "necrophilia" is described by wikipedia.com as "an inordinate desire to control another person, usually in the context of a romantic or interpersonal relationship; the accusation is that the person is so interpersonally controlling as to be better-suited to have relationships with non-responsive people, such as the dead." The setting of the story helps the reader to understand how the atmosphere of her society and the oppression of her father causes Emily to act as she does.
The setting of the story takes place in the South over a time span of about forty years. The story is structured into the two stages of past and present. We see the character of Emily shortly before her death; an aristocratic world that exists only in her mind is......
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