The Causes of Emily＇s Characters and Destiny in A Rose For Emily研究.pdfVIP

Sino·USEnglishTeaching，ISSN 1539—8072 January2014，Vo1．11，No．1，66-69 a LI5 H IN 器 TheCausesofEmily’sCharactersand DestinyinARoseFor ma．，y水 WANG Xiao-yan Chna gchunUniversity，Changchun，China William Faulknerisgiantintherealm ofAmericanliterature．ThisNobelPrize—winningnovelistandshortstory writerisacclaimedthroughouttheworldasoneofthe20thcentury’sgreatestwriters．ARoseforEmily(1930)is oneofhismasterpieces．Thestory describeshow Emily，na oldSoutharistocraticspinster，becomesacrazydevil na dherinnerworldna dinnerstruggleaftertheAmericanCivilW ar，whentheconflictbetweentheSouthern traditionisingreatconflictwiththeNorthernindustryandchnage．Thepresentpaper，firstofall，givesabrief introductionofthestory．Thenthepapermainlyexplorestherootcausesofhereccentric，perverse，alooLand haughytcharactersinthreedifferentaspects：(1)thecauseofherfather；(2)thecauseoftheconflictbetweenthe Southerntraditionandthenewchange；nad(3)thecauseofSouthernoldconvention．Thepaperconcludesthat EmilyisthevictimofthecruelytandburtaliytoftheSouthernsystem． Keywords：ARoseForEmily，chracters，destiny，causes IntrOducti0n ARoseforEmiZy(1930)isoneofFaulkner’sbestandmostwidelyreadshortstories，aclassicstory representinghisfavoritesubject，theme，andstyle．T“hel950NobelPrizepresentationspeechcallsFaulkner the u‘nrivaledmasterofalllivingBritishandAmericannovelists’．Heisregardedasa d‘eeppsychologist’．The shortstoryARoseforEmilylivesuptothathighpraise”(ascitedinYANG，2004，P．139)． Thestory tookplaceinamythicaltownthatW illiam FaulknercalledJefferson，M ississippi．Itbeganwiththe funeralofM issEmily，anobleoldspinsterandthede