Symbolism-in-A-Rose-for-Emily

SymbolisminARoseforEmilyAbstract：ARoseforEmilyisoneofthemostrepresentativeshortnovelswrittenbyAmericanwriter―WilliamFaulkner，whichimmediatelyarousedinterestinreadersowingtoitssuspenseandastrikingconclusion.Thenovelmainlytalksaboutastartlingstory.Atfirst，thesymbolicmeaningsofthecharactersinthenovelwillbestudied.Thenthesymbolicmeaningsofsceneswillbeanalyzed.Atthelast，thepaperwillbedevelopedtoanalyzetherose’simplicationsinthestoryandthewholewesternculturebasedonothers’research.AsforthesymbolismusinginFaulkner’sworks，manyscholarsfocusonthestudyinsingleortheresearchof“rose”.Bycollectingandreadingscholars’literaturematerials，theauthorsummarizesFaulkner’ssymbolisminthepaperandheldforthanewideawhichisthesymbolismofcharactersandscenes.Keywords：WilliamFaulkner；ARoseforEmily；characters；scene；rose；symbolism摘要：《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》是美国作家威廉?福克纳的短篇小说的代表作。这篇小说因其曲折的情节和扣人心弦的结尾而引起读者的兴趣。这篇小说讲述了在南方清教徒传统下身心受到压抑而导致心理变态的艾米丽的惊心怵目的故事。本文首先分析了人物的象征意义，然后分析了场景的象征意义，最后在前人研究的基础上，拓展分析了“玫瑰”在本文乃至整个西方文化的隐含意义。对于福克纳象征手法的运用，许多学者着重于单个研究或是重点对“玫瑰”进行研究。本文通过搜集阅读他人的资料，对福克纳的象征手法进行总结，并提出新的观点，即人物与场景的象征意义。关键词：威廉?福克纳；《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》；人物；场景；玫瑰；象征主义1.ChapterOneIntroductionPublishedin1930，ARoseforEmilywasoneofthebestknownandthemostwidelyreadnovelamongWilliamFaulkner’sshortstories.ThestoryhappenedattheperiodofthelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturieswhenthetownwaslearningtolivewithSouth’slossinthecivilWarandtheconsequentdismantlingoftheslavery-basedsocietythathadprecededit.BecauseofthelossintheCivilWar，peopleinthesouthledapoorlife.Especiallythewhitepeople，theirlifesuddenlybecomepoorbecausemostoftheslaveswenttothenorthtoworkforthenorthernindustry，sothewhitepeoplecouldn’tgetaccustomedtothelifechangeinashorttime，buttheystillpretendedtobenobleandkepttheirfamily’sdignity.1.1BriefintroductiontoWilliamFaulknerWilliamFaulknerisoneofthemostprominentwritersinAmericanliterature.Hewasthewinnerofthe1950NobelPrizeforliteratureforhispowerfulandartisticallyuniquecontributiontothemodernAmericannovel.FaulknerwasraisedinandheavilyinfluencedbythestateofMississippi，aswellasbythehistoryandcultureofthesouthasawhole.Whenhewasfouryearsold，hisentirefamilymovedtonearbytownofOxford，wherehelivedonandofffortherestofhislife.Oxfordisthemodelforthetownof“Jefferson”inhisfiction，andLafayettecountry，Mississippi，whichcontainsthetownofOxford，isthemodelforhisfictionalYoknapatawphaCountry.Basedonthesouthernhistoryandsocialreality，hisworkshavebeenregardedastherepresentativesoftheAmericanSouthernliterature.1.2BriefintroductiontoARoseforEmilyARoseforEmilyisoneofthemostrepresentativeshortnovelswrittenbyWilliamFaulknerin1930.Itimmediatelyarousedinterestofreadersowingtoitssuspenseandstrikingconclusion.ThestorywithflashbackpresentsaparticularromanceofanAmericanladyEmilylivinginadeclinedaristocraticfamilyofAmericanSouth.Emily’sfatherwassoarrogantandproudofhisnoblehierarchythatherejectedeachsuitorofhislovelydaughter，whichresultedinEmily’sprideandspinsterhoodinthirties.Whenherfatherdied，Emilywasdeterminedtoabandonheraristocraticpoisonandplungedintoapassionateloveinordertopursueherpersonalhappiness.Bychance，shemetadaylaborernamedBarronfromnorthandfranticallyfellinlovewithhim.However，asouthernlady’slovewithanorthernworkerwasrebukedbylocalpeople.What’smore，BarronwassuchadissipatedanddebaucheryplayboythathedidnotintendtomarryEmily.DesertedbyBarron，Emilycouldnotacceptthefactthatheroneandonlyloveendedupwithfailure.Inordertoretainherlove，appeaseother’sremarksandalsoprotectherreputation，EmilypoisonedBarronandconcealedhiscorpseonherbeduntilherdeathfortyyearslater.AfterEmily’sfuneral，neighborsenteredhersecretbedroomanddiscovertruth.2.ChapterTwoDifferentsymbolicmeaningsofdifferentcharacters2.1SymbolicmeaningofEmilyAsamainroleofthestory，Emilyhascomplicatedsymbolism.Faulknerusesflashbacktotellthestory.Inthefirstchapter，thewriterwritesthatwhenMissEmilyGriersondied，theirwholetownwenttoherfuneralandthemayorremittedhertaxes.SoEmilyisthesymbolismofatradition，aduty，andacare；asortofhereditaryobligationuponthetown.Inthesecondchapter，thewriterwritesthatshecan’tcleanupherhouseanditsmellsbad.Thepeopleheldverystrongviewsonthismatter，butEmilydoesn’tcareaboutit.SoEmilyisthesymbolismofeccentricandarrogance.Inthethirdchapter，thewriterwritesthatEmilyfallsinlovewithHomer.Theybegintogoaroundtogether.Peoplethinkthattheywillgetmarried.Atthattime，Emily’sfatherisaristocracy.HomerisaYankee.Emilyloveshimwithgreatcourage.Emily，likesotherwomen，isdesirousoflove.ShestayswithHomerinspiteofpublicdisapproval.SoEmilyisthesymbolismofromanticlove.Unluckily，sheisabandonedbyHomer.Soshepoisonshimandsleepswithhimforalongtime.SoEmilyisthesymbolismofcrueltyandcold.Inthenovel，thereisabigcollisionbetweenthenewsystemandthetraditionallifestyle.Freepostalservicealsoindicatesthedifferencebetweentwocultures.Thenorthinfluencesthesouthfromthepoliticaltotheeconomicandculture.However，theoldforcesinsoutharenoteasilyintimidated.SomeonesuchasEmilybravelyresiststheinvasionofnorth.SoEmilyistherepresentoftheSouth.2.2SymbolicmeaningofEmily’sfatherEmily'sfatheristheguywiththegigantichorsewhip.He'