1、An Analysis of the Origin of EmilysTragedy inA Rose for EmilyAbstract:The set of William Faulkner most works are about southern social history and inner world of people, describing the situation after the southern social history began to decline and the escape of the aristocrats has to the trend of
2、southern complex societys change. And A Rose for Emily deeply reflects the history referred above, and generally and profoundly explains the roots of Emilys tragedy. The place where the author lives is the set of his work. The works could be divided into three categories of roots of tragedy: souther
3、n complex and social historical condition, depression from her father and twisted mentality. Those roots of tragedy are closely linked to social background in south. The reader can deeply know the unique writing skills of the author through descriptions about three kinds of roots of tragedy in his w
4、ork.Key Words:root; tragedy; social historical;patriarchy; twisted mentality浅析献给艾米丽的玫瑰中艾米丽的悲剧根源摘要：威廉.福克纳的作品大多数以南方的社会历史和人物的内心世界的描写为题材。描述南方社会历史衰落后的境况，贵族们对南方复杂社会变化趋势的逃避。他的代表作献给艾米丽的玫瑰深刻的体现出这样一种历史。献给艾米丽的玫瑰全面而又深刻地诠释了艾米丽的悲剧根源。以他自己所在的社会为背景，在作品中，他描述了三种不同的悲剧根源。这三种不同的悲剧根源和南方的社会背景和历史息息相关。此篇论文中将着重讨论这三种。分别阐述为：复杂的
5、南方情结和社会历史条件，父权制的压迫，艾米丽的扭曲变态心理。从这三种悲剧根源中，读者能够更深刻的了解到福克纳对此篇小说的独特的写作技巧。关键词：根源；悲剧；社会历史；父权制；扭曲心理1.IntroductionWilliam Faulkner being a prominent writer in 20th centurys American literature, gains his world popularity for the unique style of his novel, having a positive and profound impact on the developm
6、ent of American literature. Faulkners status in modern America can be compared with Shakespearesstatus.we can see Faulkners literary achievement and social reputation. His most stories set in the imaginary Yoknapatawpha County, there are lots of famous works of William Faulkner asThe Sound and the F
7、ury（1929），Light in August（1932），andAbsalom, Absalom(1936) and so on.A Rose for Emily, Faulkners first short story, which was published in 1930, is set in the town with name Jefferson in Yoknopatawpha. The author, William Faulkner seems to set the story in a place thatresembles the placehe lived in,
8、namely Oxford. Mississippi correlatesto the life on the author. In a Rose for Emily, the main character Miss Emily is described in the beginning of the story as an elderly woman that once part of high social status and now part of the bitter decay of the town. William Faulkners A Rose for Emily draw
9、s a vivid picture of the south of the United States .From the novel, we know that it was the period, the old south fadesand the south began to decay gradually after the Civil War. The story provides description of the decadence of the old south. The progress of the decaying is the same with the deat
10、h of Emily and her father, as well as value, tradition and lifestyle which have gradually went out of the life of people in the south.As a masterpiece in American literature,A Rose for Emilyhas been attached great importance by a variety of scholars. The story has been analyzed from various angles a
11、s symbolism, feminism, religion, Gothic Literature and so on. From the point of view, the feminism of LiRongrui, the story reflects a tragedy of Emily which is indicated in the murder of her lover. The whole life of Emily was caught by the cage of old tradition, Emily has never escaped from it. Emil
12、y can be victim of the patriarchal codes. This thesis contains five chapters. The first chapter is Introduction. In this chapter, the authorintroduces William Faulkner，A Rose for Emilys background and the structure of this thesis basically. In chapter two, the author introduces some brief informatio
13、n of story, which is used to analyze the novel. Chapter three analyzes A Rose for Emily of the characters Emily, Emilys father and Negro Homer Barren in the novel. Chapter four focus on the origin of Emilys Tragedy. In this, the author mainly interprets the theme of the origin of Emilys tragedy. The
14、 last chapter is conclusion, which in this chapter the author concludes that A Rose for Emily imbues the novel with historical and realistic meanings, and enhances its readability and profundity, which helps to explain why this novel has stood out as a masterpiece among the innumerous works.2. A Bri
15、ef Introduction toA Rose for Emily2.1 William FaulknerFaulkner is productive writer , producing a great variety of marvelous short stories .We know he is one of the most influential writers in the 20th century, a leading person in the century in American literary. In 1949, William Faulkner won Nobel
16、 Prize of literature. In 1995 and 1963 he also won his double Pulitzers. William Faulkner is famous or his novels and short stories. This award winning author has been praised by many critics for his ability and unique style of writing. He also shoes his writing talent in poetry and screenplay. Ther
17、e are marks of his hometown Mississippi in his works as the sense of humor and blank, and white tragic position, his description of the southern features and the main themes and so on. The most famous place in his works as Yoknapatawpha saga is important to American literary. T here are lots of famo
18、us works of William Faulkner asThe Sound and the Fury(1929),Light in August(1932),andAbsalom, Absalom(1936)and so on. The most famous writer also is a prolific writer of short stories. His first short stories collection was published in 1931 named as these 13. In this collection, it consists ofA Ros
19、e for Emily, Red leaves and other highly acclaimed short stories. The author will provide detail study on the storyA Rose for Emily. The articleA Rose for Emilyis chosen from his short stories collection.2.2A Rose for EmilyA Rose for Emily, Faulkners first short story, which was published in 1930, i
20、s set the town with name Jefferson in Yoknopatawpha .The author William Faulkner seems to set the story in a place that resembles his own. InA Rose for Emily, the main character Miss Emily is described in the beginning of the story as anelderly woman that was once part of high social states and is n
21、ow part of the bitter decay of the town. As a sole survivor of a southern family, Emily Greisens maintains an aloof dignity from herneighbors, refusing even to pay taxes. Later when she is jilted by a lover and becomes a recluse, the people of Jefferson are forgiving and protective of her. But when
22、Emily dies, the townspeople learn the horrifying truth about the towns last belle. Actually, the whole story line is made up of three parts. First: the main reason that the women of Jefferson go to Miss Emilys funeral is to honor a great ladyandsee herhome.They want toassureher whothat she is really
23、 dead. After Miss Emilys father dies, Colonel Sartorius cancels Emilys taxes, she is too much of a lady to be bothered with taxes, her father once loaned the town money, and now the town is repaying its debts, the Greisens house is so run-down, it is not worth paying taxes on. When officials later t
24、ry to pay taxes, she responds by getting Tube to chase away the officials, threatening the officials with blackmail, saying she has no taxes in Jefferson. Second: thirty years earlier, officials had gone to Miss Emily house to sprinkle line around her property to destroy an awful odor, question Tube
25、 about killing rats and snakes, the questions of Emily is about the disappearance of Homer Barron. When the townspeople realize that Miss Emily has no money and will never marry, they begin to offer her charity, poke gentle fun at her. After her fathers death, Miss Emily graciously welcomes her frie
26、nds and neighbors to a wake, at first refuses to release his body for burial, plans to leave Jefferson for good. Third: Miss Emily buys arsenic from the druggist, she tells him that she wants it to kill rates, refuses to tell him the reason for the purchaseandexplains that her manservant wants it fo
27、r a gardening compound. The townspeople are convinced that Homer Barron and Miss Emily are married when she orders a monogrammed silver toilet set from the local jeweler, purchase two railway tickets, one-way to NEW YORK CITY, disappears for six months. At last, townspeople discover that Miss Emily
28、had hoarded gold, silver, and valuable stocks, made a shrine to honor her head father and other relatives, killed Homer Barron and kept his body on her brail bed.2.3 Gothic“Gothic” novel is one of the direct sources of contemporary western horror movieswhich is popular in Europe around 18thcentury.
29、The term of Gothic (Goth) originally came from the name of Gothic Teutonic tribal, and later it was used refer to a medievalArchitectural style and used for churches and castles, which is characterized by towering spiers, thick stone walls, dark and gloomy inside tunnel and so on. Those thinkers adv
30、ocating ancient Greek civilization, because of the construction of such resentment put the word “Gothic” evolved into synonymous words such as barbarism, horror, mystery and darkness. In 18thcentury, there came out a novel style, it often put a kind of horror and mystery as the keynote, and almost o
31、ccur in the destroyed castles, having been given the name “Gothic” novel. Such novel often set castle, wilderness, ruins and other environment as background, filled with dark, mysterious, suspense and brimmed with violence, revenge, and death plot. Gothic novels structural model reflects in the stor
32、y scenes, characters paradigms, themes and other aspects of a series of innovative awareness. One of the biggest highlights is that there are not only “gothic castle”, but also “surreal horror.” The so called “surreal terror”, it refers to the people in the works subjecting to some form of ghosts, ghosts, monsters or something unknowable. So that they often manifest a feeling of high anxiety such as fear of death or insanity. Because of the extreme exaggeration and rendering, the feeling of the fear about characters is not only “imminent”, but also the body is set. In fact, this
