Rose for Emily

Aleksandra Filipovski English 1102 Dr. William Belford January 23, 2012 Compare and contrast Faulkners characterizations of Abner Snopes in group B Burning and overleap Emily in A Rose for Emily. How does Faulkner provide sympathy in the reader for each character even though both characters are guilty of terrible crimes? Toward which character are you more(prenominal) sympathetic? Explain why. Two characters are worth to compare in Faulkners fictions Miss Emily in A Rose for Emily, and Abner Snopes in Barn Burning.Emily Grierson is an important figure in the town. She is not having any brotherly life there, mostly quiet lady, scarcely still a freehand element of the towns life. On the contrary, Abner Snopes is a loud individual that most people tend to avoid. They are completely opposite but surprisingly they have similarities in their personalities. First of all, the two characters have contrary backgrounds. Miss Emily is from a wealthy family, lives in a huge dishy house, rebuilt after the Civil War. Her house is in the middle of Jefferson, at least(prenominal) it was when it was built.The nicest, richest area. The main character in Faulkners fiction is Emily Grierson. Miss Emily will always be defined by her bizarre habits. Since we cant follow her to the house we dont know much. Tobe is a unconstipated town man who helps and works for Miss Emily. Different generations and different characters apportion her differently. They think about her more as an idol than a addict lady. But Emily is just a human, who lost her dad and her loved hubby too. Their color of hair, which is grey, defines what age are they in.They are older people, and stubborn. They dont like changes. The color of Tobes skin shows us his available options in the town and in that period the black people were the retainer and the slaves, and the sinlessness represented the wealthy families. His skin isolates him from the rest of the people. Tobe is just a servant who serves Miss Emily. He is going to the grocery store every day, and glide slope back with a full basket. We never see inside the house, so we cant really tell how the life is in the building.Miss Emily never goes out from her home. The only time someone saw her was on the second floor out of the window for a second. Emily was a mistery for everyone in the town. There is something about Emily and her physical appearance. She is described as an angel by the narrator after her fathers death. And she is also described twice as an idol in the fiction. This confuses us because we have a compute in our heads that she is a crazy and an insane person. She killed someone how she can be named or compared with an idol.