2。 Literature Review

American writer Faulkner novel The Rose for Emily is regarded as a masterpiece of American Southern Gothic novel。 Since its inception has achieved widespread concern, scholars have launched a lively discussion and put forward their own unique views on the novel from various angles, such as symbolism in the novel, role analysis and narrative angle。 This paper mainly analyzes the root of the tragedy of Emily, through the aspects of the social environment, family factors, as well as their own direction。 Through the character trait、cultural background to interpret, depicts the decline of the old southern society and exposes all kinds of ugly social phenomena under the old system, expression of the author of the moral concept, culture and customs, such as the formation of the rogue and love, mapping out the old southern society of love and hate to stop the feelings of the south。文献综述

3。 Roots from Social Environmental 

Emily grew up in his father's whip, she inevitably become the noble quiet, inescapable, perverse Southern lady。 But Emily is only a young girl, with a cherish of getting love and a husband and a family of the normal desire, just want to love and to be loved and to get a husband and a family。 However, the people in the town had never regarded her as a true to life who has feelings of ordinary people。 In their view, Emily should always be a traditional incarnation, a symbol of obligation。。。。。。Because the "Noble and powerful" Greer's family in the town of Jefferson represents the old South "wonderful" of the manor  institution , the people of the South on the "brilliant" nostalgia of the past。 While Emily's Elegant manners should be a symbol of the southern lady-- elegant, noble, pure and perfect。 So people in the town of Jefferson are obliged to pay attention to her case, and to set up a monument to the South。 When the long silence Emily struggled out from bereavement and in short hair, she wants to pursue in life,  "Tall, dark skinned Wheeler and loud" full of masculine charm of Homer came to town, into the emotional world of Emily。 Depression outbursts like a volcano and she loves so crazy, so desperate。 Greer's young lady fell in love with "a Yankees, a man with a day's wages" which is intolerable and palliative because it is beyond the love relationship between inpiduals, greatly offended after the civil war southerners (not just the southern women) in the treatment of the north and the north of a tacit understanding of the code of conduct for the people in the town of Jefferson。 They can show mercy to single, lonely, poor Emily and they may also be allowed to give their privileges to the local government。 But in these kind of, not enlightened Town People's view, the love between Emily and Homer Barron not only harms "noble image, but also defiles the South" honor ", so they cannot stand by and do nothing。 Emily's father's whip was again held in the hands of the people in the town。 They had to take the place of the exercise of the power of Emily's father to get rid of the "damnyankee" who let them down。来*自~优|尔^论:文+网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766*

Poor Emily got rid of the father's whip, but can not break the shackles of the town。 And Emily is so eager to love, for him, she showed her inner strength, even at the expense of social, religious, family forces contend 。And all she did was just for her love。 In the face of love, slim Emily chose to be strong。