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Isolation in A Rose for Emily

, elevates the town as the truer subject. Also after reading this passage we are shown for the first time that Emily is viewed in the community as an object, a monument perhaps and this is where her person hood is lost. The town almost refers to her as a thing instead of as an individual. Another example, that shows Miss Emily as something other than human comes in the third paragraph as she is described as "a tradition, a duty, and a care". Usually when people know they are being watched or spied upon they often feel that their privacy has been invaded, which was the case of Miss Grierson. The townspeople always seemed to know of her whereabouts, who she was seeing and even the smell that ensued from her house. Passage after passage as the narrator reports of what is happening in Miss Emily's life, the reader gets the feeling she is being watched like a hungry shark. It's almost as if the townspeople take turns making note of her every move. For example, when Miss Emily's cousins were in town, Faulkner writes, "we sat back to watch developments" (pg.56). It seems even store owners take note of her business. "We learned that Miss Emily had been to the jeweller and ordered a man's toilet set in silver, with the letters H.B. on each piece" (pg.56). They even make sure they know what she's up to on a daily basis, "Two days later we learned that she bought a complete outfit of men's clothing, including a nightshirt" (pg.57). It's somewhat ironic that the women know so much about Emily, yet they have never talked to her or gotten to know her. Emily must sense that the people only regard her as a sort of tourist attraction and thus keeps to herself and is almost made to feel like a prisoner in her own house. Not having anyone to talk with or socialize with may also have contributed to Miss Emily's madness. After reading the third passage, one gets the feeling that Emily tries to reach out to the community, when she goes to the local druggist ...

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