Psychoanalytic Criticism of A Rose for Emily

Psychoanalytic Criticism of A locomote for Emily A Rose for Emily is a sad story about a woman who struggles with existence unable to cope with the death of her experience and being a lonely(prenominal) woman. It is broken into 5 sections in which in each part the narrator shifts the point of view. In section 1 the story starts off at Miss Emilys funeral. The funeral is taking place at her home and many a(prenominal) flock come to pay their respects and also are funny to picture the inside of the signaling. No one had stage setn the inside of the house similarly the manservant for 10 years.Throughout the story we define the struggles a woman has with loneliness, depression and level necrophilia. Miss Emilys character has many mental problems. Her outstandinggest problem that we see her struggles with is defense lawyers. Several times through out the story she struggles with the demur of big issues. Sometimes its the death of a person or early(a) times it was denyin g the feature that she owed taxes. Another struggle that she deals with is the fear of giving up, which that seems to be what brought on her denial.Growing up her overprotect was very controlling and when her father passes I speak out she has trouble dealing with not having a controlling figure in her life. That is what brought on the denial of her fathers death. That denial also plays a role in her necrophilia problem later in the story. The s break-off of Miss Emilys problem is denial. In a couple of cases we see that her denial is a big problem for her. We first see her denial take place when she takes place when the narrator talks about how she avoided salaried taxes.This seems minor at this point because the townsfolk had told her that she owed no taxes, and in fact that the city owed her money from her fathers loan to the town. The loan was false provided when her father passed she was left with only a house. Since she was thought of by the town as a tradition, a dut y and a care (pg. 148). the town fixed to help her out. They didnt have in mind she would take charity money so they made up the lie. When the younger people started taking over the town they sent her a letter to pay her taxes. She insisted that she owed nothing to the town. The leaders of the town sent a couple of letters to her but got no return.Back and frontward it went until they decided to go to her house and collect the money. After a outline discussion she forced them out of her home with out paying and relation them to talk to Colonel Sartoris because she has no taxes in Jefferson. Colonel Sartoris had died by this point but she was insensible because she wouldnt leave her home. We see her deal with denial when the death of her father comes. The day after he died a group of ladies went up to the house to offer condolences and aid (pg. 151) and Miss Emily met them at the door, dressed as ordinary and with no trace of grief on her face. (pg. 51) She denied that her fa ther was dead. For 3 days people went to her house trying to get her to let them dispose of the embody. And remunerate as they were about to use law and force she allowed them to take the body and burry him. This is when we first signs that she was gong crazy. However, the narrator does say that they didnt commemorate she was crazy at this point but she had to do that. (pg. 151) The third denial she faces is when she murdered homing pigeon Barron. Her and Homer were seen together on several make out in town. Many people thought they would marry but then Homer was last seen entering her home.The people of Jefferson thought he had left town after that since he was never seen again. At the end we learn that she had killed him. His body was lying in an upstairs room. The room was set up virtually like that of a room for a bridal. Although modify with dust, the narrator describes a room that at one time was decorated. Homers body was decayed and only the bones were left. There was indorse that she would lay beside him at night. She killed him because she was fearful of abandonment. In a way I debate she thought she would always have him by killing him then leaving his body up stairs so she could lay with him until she died.We apprise look at how she treated death of her father and Homer as denial but it can also be looked at, as she feared abandonment as well. Growing up her father was very strict with her. She wasnt allowed to date any man. Her father was extremely controlling over almost every part of her life. So when her father passed she didnt want to get it to herself because he was all she had as for as close family goes. I think she needed that controlling figure in her life. Its obvious that she wish Homer and maybe she was scared he would leave her so she killed him. By doing that she would have him forever.Her love for Homer may have come overdue to the fact that she was like her dad. Even though her dad was controlling of her she had love him dearly. She was longing for that controlling figure and that is why she fell for Homer. The narrator describes him as a mans man. (pg 152) His controlling tendencies were clear when he was seen cussing at the people he was over at work. Through out this story we see Miss Emily struggle with the inner demons of denial and fear of abandonment. I think Faulkner does a great job by showing how there is a mental affect of someone growing up in a controlling environment.