ARoseforEmily概要最新分析和总结.pdf

The Synopsis of A Rose for Emily A Rose for Emily Part1 As Miss Emily died,all the people in the town went to her funeral. while the men attended the funeral out of obligation, the women went primarily because no one had been inside Emily ’ s house for years except a combined gardener and cook. It was a big, squarish frame house which had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies .Only Miss Emilys house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps-an eyesore among eyesores.When Miss Emily was alive, she had been a tradition, a duty, and a care . Emily had been a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town.This was because Colonel Sartoris, the former mayor of the town, remitted Emily ’s taxes dating from the death of her father on into perpetuity. Apparently, Emily ’s father left her with nothing when he died. A new generation of politicians took over Jefferson ’s government. They were unmoved by Colonel Sartoris ’s grand gesture on Emily ’s behalf, and they attempted to collect taxes from her. She ignored their notices and letters. They called a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen. A deputation waited upon her, knocked at the door.Then they explained the reason for their visit, Emily repeatedly insisted that she had no taxes in Jefferson and told the men to see Colonel Sartoris. The narrator noted that Colonel Sartoris had been dead at that point for almost ten years. She sent the men away from her house with nothing. Part 2 Two years after Miss Emily ’fathers death.’ s There had been complaints about an awful stench emanating from Miss Emily house. The older generation, which feelt that it was improper to tell a lady that she stinks, arranged for a group o