I have to write an essay on A Rose for Emily,but my teacher said only the new-idea ones can pass. I need your help.Dose any one have the new idea related to woman rights?
Help!
2006-09-12 04:03:22 · 5 answers · asked by ready to help 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Maybe combining a Feminist reading with a Marxist one. That should cover Women's rights: Consider whether or not Emily really has any choice in her actions or any rights as a woman. Are not all the women in the story governed by a paternalistic and strict classist society? Is it a realistic option for a woman of "noblesse oblige" to marry Homer, have an affair, or even on a basic level, love him? Emily, in particular has been raised under such a paternal dictatorship, it's amazing she can make a move at all. Emily and the other females in the story are so much imprisoned by the thought processes dictated by the society of which they are a part, that her reaction in murdering Homer is a kind of self-preservation act, something she must do to simply survive, though all of her obviously does not do so, in tact. If you decide to take this approach, present the obvious arguments to this up front, to strengthen your essay. For example- of course she has a choice, pre-meditated murder can't be called self-preservation, and the possibility that ultimately Emily was just nuts.
2006-09-12 21:19:26 · answer #1 · answered by diasporas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Womans rights related to "A Rose for Emily?"
That's a STRETCH!
Here's one though, hope this helps...
The narrator in "A Rose for Emily" isn't one person. It's a collective of members of the town. Why don't you write an essay on how Faulkner created this unique form of storytelling from the collective point of view of numerous people, as opposed to from the singular point of view from one person?
Just a thought.
2006-09-12 12:17:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello, "A Rose for Emily" is a real treasure to disect. I would have preferred to explore having a corpse in the house in comparison to other societies but since you asked for ideas relating to women, the
natural response would be to study women's rights of the South in fiction in the same time period as the story.Even to compare women's rights in the North in fiction.It does seem like a huge project but it would be worth more exploration.
2006-09-12 15:08:16 · answer #3 · answered by aliceaceofhearts 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elements of suspense in the story would be good. As the townspeople absorb bits of info, the suspense raises. Compare the development in the story to that of classic mystery stories.
I can't really think of a "women's rights" theme or idea. There aren't really any elements of the story that relate to a discussion like that.
2006-09-12 12:54:26 · answer #4 · answered by dramaturgerenata78 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do a paper on the psychosis of the character. you could study the character and then make a diagnosis using an abnormal psychology book
2006-09-12 20:18:11 · answer #5 · answered by quinndarling2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋