William Faulkner is giant in the realm of American literature. This Nobel Prize-winning novelist and short story writer is acclaimed throughout the world as one of the 20th century＇s greatest writers. A Rose for Emi...William Faulkner is giant in the realm of American literature. This Nobel Prize-winning novelist and short story writer is acclaimed throughout the world as one of the 20th century＇s greatest writers. A Rose for Emily （1930） is one of his masterpieces. The story describes how Emily, an old South aristocratic spinster, becomes a crazy devil and her inner world and inner struggle after the American Civil War, when the conflict between the Southern tradition is in great conflict with the Northern industry and change. The present paper, first of all, gives a brief introduction of the story. Then the paper mainly explores the root causes of her eccentric, perverse, aloof, and haughty characters in three different aspects： （1） the cause of her father; （2） the cause of the conflict between the Southern tradition and the new change; and （3） the cause of Southern old convention. The paper concludes that Emily is the victim of the cruelty and brutality of the Southern system展开更多
文摘William Faulkner is giant in the realm of American literature. This Nobel Prize-winning novelist and short story writer is acclaimed throughout the world as one of the 20th century＇s greatest writers. A Rose for Emily （1930） is one of his masterpieces. The story describes how Emily, an old South aristocratic spinster, becomes a crazy devil and her inner world and inner struggle after the American Civil War, when the conflict between the Southern tradition is in great conflict with the Northern industry and change. The present paper, first of all, gives a brief introduction of the story. Then the paper mainly explores the root causes of her eccentric, perverse, aloof, and haughty characters in three different aspects： （1） the cause of her father; （2） the cause of the conflict between the Southern tradition and the new change; and （3） the cause of Southern old convention. The paper concludes that Emily is the victim of the cruelty and brutality of the Southern system
