Faulkner's A Rose for Emily.(William Faulkner)(Critical Essay)

The Explicator | June 22, 2005| | Copyright

The possible meanings of both the title and the chronology of William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" have been debated for years. (1) What is not under debate, however, is that the chronology deliberately manipulates and delays the reader's final judgment of Emily Grierson by altering the evidence In other words, what the chronology does is as important as when the events actually take place. In the same way, what the title does reveals as much as the debate over what the rose means. The only rose that Emily actually receives (putting aside symbolic roses for the moment) is ...

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