Study of A Rose for Emily: feminism

A Rose for is the most famous short story written by the well-known American writer, William Faulkner. This paper gives a profound analysis about the social roots that lead to the tragedy of the female protagonist, Emily, who lived a miserable, lonely and empty life. One is that the American South of that time, a male-dominated society, treats women ill, dominating and oppressing them. The other is that the American South of that time was too strict to the aristocracy represented by the Griersons. They think that the aristocracy is the symbol, the tradition and the idol of the south. The aristocrats can live their life in the same way as the common people. They can't love or marry a common person, especially a Yankee. Having the dual capacity of a common woman and an aristocratic woman, Emily suffers so much so that she eventually has to murder her only lover in order to secure the female-subject position.