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Title: A Rose For Emily
Words: 819
Reflections of "Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily'" Life is fickle
and most people will be a victim of circumstance and the
times. Some people choose not to let circumstance rule them
and, as they say, "time waits for no man". Faulkner's Emily
did not have the individual confidence, or maybe self-esteem
and self-worth, to believe that she could stand alone and
succeed at life especially in the face of changing times. She
had always been ruled by, and depended on, men to
protect, defend and act for her. From her Father, through
the manservant Tobe, to Homer Barron, all her life was
dependent on men. The few flashes of individuality showed
her ability to rise to the occasion, to overcome her
dependency, when the action was the only solution available.
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