Wiliam Faulkners Emily Rose Character Analysis Essay...

All Roses Are Red Unreasonably determined to exert one?s own will is the definition of the word stubborn. William Faulkner is a southern writer who focuses in his work on human experiences and behavior influenced by the South, the Civil War, and the post Civil War effects. In Faulkners, A Rose for Emily, Faulkner constantly depicts Emily as a stubborn character, especially stubborn about changing her way of life. Faulkner uses subtle clues from diction and description as well as obvious statements through dialogue and direct actions to show this quality many times throughout the story. William Faulkner implies Emily?s stubbornness with subtle clues in description and through symbols. Faulkner would like us to take notice of†¦show more content†¦Faulkner also uses some seemingly simple props to symbolize Emily?s stubbornness. He conveys that she was, ?leaning on an ebony cane with a tarnished gold head?, (207). Here ebony signifies the African American slaves because it is a wood from A frica and the gold head that is upon it signifies the wealth and gold of the North. In turn representing how the North was dependent upon the South for slave labor and how Emily is also leaning on the foundation of slavery. William Faulkner also sketches Emily in a very particular way. He chooses the word, ?motionless? (207) to describe her body for a very forceful statement. It represents the idea that she herself is without motion or movement, meaning change. Faulkner also affirms that this has a negative connotation by using the word ?bloated? (207). There are no ripples in her surroundings and that?s the way she so desperately fights to keep it. Also in her house she has ?rose-shaded lights? (212), symbolizing that she sees the world only the way that she is accustomed to. Emily perceived her life through rose-shaded darkness. William Faulkner depicts Emily as a stubborn character by using obvious statements through dialogue and her direct actions. He implies this at the beginning of the story as an introduction to Emily?s character. She persistently declares ?I have no taxes!? (207). She repeats this four different times during her conversation with