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AroseforEmilyThisstoryhappensaftertheAmericanCivilWar,inJeffersonTown.It’sastoryaboutaneccentricspinsternamedEmilyGriersonwhosemarriageistotallymanipulatedbyherfather.Twoyearsafterherfather’sdeath,poorEmilyisacquaintedwithanorthernercalledHomerBarron,adaylaborerandshefallsinlovewithhim.However,theirrelationisshort-livedasHomerbecomestiredofherandintendstogetridofher.InordertokeepHomerathand,Emilykillshimwitharsenicand“obtain”him,thus,shesleepswithhiscorpsefordecades.Thisisthetruththatvillagersfindafterherdeath.Frommyownperspective,thismasterpiecereflectsthedeclineofthesouthernsocietyandrevealstheconflictsbetweenthetwodifferentvaluesystemsandtwosocietiesaftertheAmericanCivilWar.Then,Iwillexplainmyopinionsfromthefollowingthreeaspects:character,symbolandsetting.Emilyisanembodimentofthesouth,theoldandtradition.Attheverybeginningofthisstory,thewriterrecountsthedecorationofherhousewhichisstill1870sstyle,isn’tchangeanymore.Besides,sheisalsoobstinate.Whenthenewgovernmentcompelthetaxesonher，sherefusestopaythetaxandevenridiculouslymentionsacolonelwhohasbeendeadalmosttenyears.Anotherexampleisthatshepreventspeoplefrominstallingmail-boxonthewall.Shekeepsthetraditionalviewsallthelong，butresiststochangeanything.However,poorEmilyisadeterminedwoman.Regardlessofpeople’scriticism,sheinsistsonmarryinganorthernerwhosesocialpositionisapparentlylowerthanher.Itisknownthatinthatperiodoftime,hierarchyisprevailinganddeep-rootedthroughoutthesociety.Itparticularlyhasaprofoundinfluenceonmarriage.Whensomeonechoosesapartner,heorshemustconsiderthesocialpositionoftheotherpartytothemarriage.However,Emilychoosestodisobeytheconventionandchallengestradition.Giventhissituation,herfailureisquiteexpectable.However,shecannotgetridoftheshacklesoftheSouthernconventions.Afterall,shecapturesherloverinherownwayandtheloveistreatedwithhonor.Herfather,theoldGrierson,isalsoanincarnationoftheSouth,patriarchyandtradition.Hewasveryfastidiousaboutherdaughter’smarriageanddroveawayeverymanwhocaughtthefancyofher.“Wh
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