Ôn thi tốt nghiệp Cử nhân Anh văn môn Văn Học Mỹ

Bạn đang cần tìm một số bài viết, câu hỏi, ngữ pháp . để chuẩn bị cho kỳ thi tốt nghiệp Cử nhân Anh văn.Môn Văn học Mỹ, môn viết Luận văn, hay môn Semantics đang là vấn đề rắc rối của bạn?Bộ ôn tập chuẩn bị cho kỳ thi tốt nghiệp Cử nhân Anh văn sẽ giúp cho bạn tìm hiểu về 3 môn thi này với phần trình bày bằng tiếng Anh và phiên dịch là bằng tiếng Việt.- Môn Văn học Mỹ: các bài học ROMAN FEVER, ROSE FOR EMILY, IN ANOTHER COUNTRY

1 Tóm tắt truyện : Summary of story :

“Cơn sốt thành Rome” là một truyện ngắn của nhà văn Edith Wharton Câu chuyện xoay quanh các nhân vật trong gia đình của bà Ansley và bà Slade, mà cụ thể nhân vật chính là Grace Ansley và Alida Slade Đây là một truyện ngắn tập trung vào mối quan hệ của hai người phụ nữ Câu chuyện bắt đầu với hai người phụ nữ trung niên người Mỹ từ hành lang của nhà hàng Roman Grace Ansley và Alida Slade đã là bạn với nhau một thời gian dài Họ gặp nhau lần đầu tiên tại Rome với gia đình khi họ còn là những phụ nữ trẻ tuổi 25 năm sau, họ gặp nhau một lần nữa tại Rome cùng với con gái của họ : Jenny Slade và Barbara Ansley Họ cùng nhau nhắc lại chuyện ngày xưa, về gia đình, con cái và về thời điểm diễn ra cuộc tình tay 3 giữa bà Slade, Ansley

và Delphine

"Roman Fever" is a short story written by Edith Wharton The story revolves around characters in Mrs Ansley’s and Mrs Slade’s family, specifically the main character is Grace Ansley and Alida Slade This is a short story focuses on the relationship of two women The story begins with two middle-aged American women from the lofty terrace of a Roman restaurant Grace Ansley and Alida Slade have been friends for a long time They first met in Rome with their families when they were young women After 25 years, they meet again in Rome with their daughters : Jenny Slade and Barbara Ansley Together they reminded their old stories, their family, their children and the time when there was a love between Slade, Ansley and Delphine.

Khi đó, cả hai người phụ nữ là bạn thân của nhau Delphine là vị hôn phu của Alida Slade nhưng đồng thời Delphine và Grace Ansley yêu nhau Từ tình bạn thân thiết, họ đã trở thành tình địch vì cùng yêu một người đàn ông Bà Slade đã biết được tình yêu đó của họ Bà trở nên ganh tị và ghen tuông với Grace Ansley trong suốt 25 năm Vào cuối buổi chiều hôm đó, bà Slade nhắc lại về cơn sốt thành Rome vào 25 năm về trước, nhắc lại cho bà Ansley nhớ đến việc đã bị bệnh nặng như thế nào sau khi đi đến đấu trường Colosseum vào một buổi tối mùa đông năm ấy – mùa đông mà

bà Slade và Delphine đính hôn với nhau Bà Ansley thì có vẻ như né tránh, cố gắng không nhớ đến sự kiện năm đó Nhưng bà Slade thì lại luôn cố tình khơi gợi, nhắc nhở từng chi tiết của câu chuyện năm xưa Sự ghen tuôn lại trổi dậy trong long bà Slade

Bà tiết lộ cho bà Ansley rằng bà biết vì sao Ansley đã đi đến đấu trường Colosseum

vào đêm hôm đó Đồng thời tiết lộ bức thư mà Ansley nghĩ rằng của Delphine hẹn với

cô 25 năm trước là do chính tay bà viết Bởi vì bà muốn giành chiến thắng trong tình yêu với Delphine Bà Slade sợ rằng Ansley sẽ có được tình yêu của Delphine Bà hy vọng Ansley bị bệnh thì sẽ không thể ở bên Delphine và chỉ như thế trong vài tuần là

to win in love with Delphine Mrs Slade feared that Ansley would have the love of Delphine She hoped that the illness of Ansley would prevent him from visiting Delphine and only a few weeks were enough.

Nhưng kết quả của câu truyện đã không chỉ như thế Sau những lời tiết lộ của

bà Slade, bà Ansley cũng đã kể lại cho bà Slade về sự tình đêm hôm đó Ansley đã viết thư hồi âm lại do Delphine và ông ta đã đến gặp Ansley vào đêm hôm đó Ansley đã không chờ đợi như bà Slade đã nghĩ Mặc dù bà Slade cuối cùng đã cưới Delphine và sống với Delphine 25 năm Nhưng đối với Grace Ansley, bà ấy không chỉ có một lá thư mà sau cái đêm ấy, bà ấy còn có Barbara – đứa con của Delphine và bà Ansley

But the result of the story was not just like that After the words revealed by Mrs Slade, Mrs Ansley told Mrs Slade about the situation on that night Ansley wrote a letter to reply Delphine and he had come to meet Ansley in that night Ansley hadn’t waited as Mrs Slade thought Finally, Slade had married and lived with Delphine for 25 years though But for Grace Ansley, she not only had a letter

in that night, but also had Barbara – the child of Delphine and Mrs Ansley.

2 Phân tích : Analysis:

Tác phẩm này nói về thân phận của người phụ nữ sống trong xã hội nam giới là người thống trị Nó phản ánh cuộc sống của giới thượng lưu ở New York vào nửa cuối thế kỷ 19 Người phụ nữ chỉ là vật sở hữu Họ phải trau chuốt bản thân để tìm cho mình người chồng xứng đáng, khi về già thì phải dành tất cả để lo cho con cái Điều này đã chi phối toàn bộ đời sống xã hội của họ

This work focuses on the position of women living in a society where men dominated It reflects the upper class life in New York in the second half of the 19th century Women are just possessions They have to refine themselves to seek for a worthy husband, when they are old, they must care for all their children This has affected their entire social life.

- Các nhân vật gồm : Grace Ansley, Horace Ansley, Barbara, Mrs Slade, Delphine Slade Họ đều là những người trung niên, giàu có Câu chuyện xảy ra tại sân thượng của nhà hàng ở Rome vào giữa năm 1920 Trong khung cảnh: di tích Forum, đấu trường Palatine.

- Characters are : Grace Ansley, Horace Ansley, Barbara, Mrs Slade, Delphine Slade They are the middle-aged, wealthy The story happens at the terrace

of a restaurant in Rome in mid-1920 In context : The Forum relic, The Palatine arena.

Cơn sốt thành Rome mang nhiều ý nghĩa khác nhau Về nghĩa đen, cơn sốt thành Rome nói về dịch bệnh sốt rét xảy ra tại Rome trong nhiều thế kỷ Về nghĩa bóng, cơn sốt thành Rome tượng trưng cho niềm đam mê, thôi thúc khiến Grace Ansley dù bệnh vẫn cố gắng đến đấu trường Colosseum để gặp người yêu của mình Cơn sốt thành Rome cũng tượng trưng cho lòng thù hận, sự ghen tuông suốt 25 năm của Alida Slade dành cho Grace Ansley và sự ganh tị dành cho con gái của bà Ansley

Roman Fever has different meanings In the literal sense, Rome Fever tells about epidemic of malaria occurred in Rome for many centuries In the figurative sense, Roman Fever symbolizes passion, inspiration, it makes Grace Ansley overcome her illness and go to the Colosseum arena to meet her boyfriend Roman Fever also represents hatred, jealousy of Alida Slade during 25 years against Grace Ansley and jealousy against Mrs Ansley’s daughter.

Grace phát triển cơn sốt thành Rome khi cô dành tình yêu nồng nhiệt của mình cho chồng chưa cưới của Alida Slade – Delphine Alida phát triển cơn sốt thành Rome bằng cách viết thư để hại Grace Và cao trào hơn là sau 25 năm lại ganh tị luôn cả con gái của Ansley Cơn sốt thành Rome chính là bí mật của cả 2 người phụ nữ trong suốt

25 năm

Grace developed Roman fever when she gave her warm love to Alida Slade’s fiance - Delphine Alida developed Roman fever by writing a letter to harm Grace And more malicious is that 25 years later, she was even envious of Mrs Ansley’s daughter Roman fever is the secret of two women in 25 years.

Tính cách tương phản của 2 nhân vật chính trong câu truyện tạo nên yếu tố mỉa mai Rõ ràng, trong cuộc tranh tài giành lấy tình yêu đã là điều không cân xứng Trong khi Alida Slade là một người phụ nữ tự tin, trẻ đẹp, cưới được Delphine nhưng kết quả lại là người thua cuộc Còn Grace Ansley, một phụ nữ không tin tự tin, cũng không cưới được Delphine nhưng lại là người thắng cuộc

Contrary characteristics of the two main characters in the story create ironic elements Clearly, in a competition to win the love, it’s unbalanced While Alida Slade was a confident, beautiful woman who got married to Delphine but she was the loser For Ansley Grace, an unconfident woman, who couldn’t get married to Delphine but she was the winner

Đấu trường Colosseum là nơi mà võ sĩ giác đấu tranh tài Họ chiến đấu 1 thắng,

1 bại Nhưng từ cái nơi đẹp đẽ ấy đã trở thành một đấu trường độc ác và tàn nhẫn, bóng tối dần buông xuống cũng tối tăm như chính lòng dạ của con người Càng về

đêm, những bí mật của họ càng tối tăm Từ chỗ là hai người bạn, họ trở thành những đấu sĩ trong cuộc tranh giành tình yêu Nhưng kết quả thì sao, cũng chỉ còn là một di tích đổ nát.

The Colosseum arena was the place where Gladiator fought each other They fought until there was a winner, and a loser From the beautiful place, it became a cruel and ruthless arena, the night gradually fell as dark as the human heart Darker the night was, darker their secrets were From two close friends, they became gladiators in a competition for love But how was the result, it was a ruined relic.

Grace Ansley luôn sống cho tình yêu của mình Bà ta dùng cách đan (knitting)

để che dấu tình cảm 25 năm trôi qua là thời gian bà luôn giữ trong lòng tình yêu của mình dành cho Delphine Hành động đan tượng trưng cho sự đan xen, rối loạn trong cuộc sống của Slade và Ansley, tượng trưng cho sự đổ nát của Grace và mối quan hệ của Alida

Ansley Grace always lived for her love She did knitting to conceal her emotions 25 years passed was the period when she always kept in her heart her love for Delphine Knitting action represents the mix, confusion in the life of Slade and Ansley, represents the ruin of Grace and the relationship with Alida

Hai người phụ nữ nghĩ về bản thân và nghĩ về đối phương theo cách của họ Bà Slade tự hào khi là vợ của một luật sư có tiếng, hay đi dự các buổi chiêu đãi ở nước ngoài, trở thành người nổi trội trong giới thượng lưu Sau khi chồng mất, cuộc sống của Slade trở nên buồn tẻ Bây giờ thì bà phải sống cho con cái của mình Slade nghĩ trước đây Grace là người phụ nữ thanh tú, xinh đẹp nhưng có cuộc sống chán ngắt Cuộc sống chẳng bao giờ thấy thú vị Trong mắt Slade, Ansley và chồng của bà ta giống như những mẫu vật trưng bày ở viện bảo tàng của New York

Two women thought about themselves and about their opponent in their private way Slade was proud when she was the wife of a famous lawyer, who usually attended in abroad parties, became an outstanding person in the upper class After her husband died, the life of Slade became boring Now she had to live for their children Slade thought Grace previously was an elite and beautiful woman but had a dull life Life was never interested In view of Slade, Ansley and her husband just Museum specimens of old New York.

Grace Ansley nhớ hình ảnh Alida Slade trước kia là người con gái sôi nổi, mạnh mẽ, xinh đẹp và thong minh Trong khi con gái của Slade thì không thừa hưởng

cá tính mạnh mẽ đó từ mẹ của nó Bà cảm thấy Slade có một cuộc sống thật buồn bã

và Ansley cảm thấy khá thương hại cho Slade

Grace Ansley remembered that Alida Slade was formerly a vibrant, strong, beautiful and smart daughters, while Slade's daughter didn’t inherit a strong characteristic from his mother She felt Slade had a boring life and Ansley felt pretty sorry for Slade.

Alida Slade và Grace Ansley trước đây cùng sống trong một khu phố tại New York Họ sống đối lập nhau Những gì xảy ra trong gia đình Ansley bà Slade đều biết

Sau đó thì vợ chồng bà Slade đã mua được nhà mới ở đại lộ Park Vài năm sau đó, họ đều trở thành góa phụ và nhanh chóng nối lại tình thân giữa hai gia đình

Alida Slade and Grace Ansley previously lived in a street in New York They lived opposite What happened in Ansley’s family, Mrs Slade knew clearly Then, Slade and her husband bought a new house in Park Avenue Few years later, they became widows and quickly reconstructed a relationship between two families.

3 Các nhân vật trong truyện : Characters in the story

– Alida Slade : là góa phụ trung niên người Mỹ, vợ của Delphine – luật sư của một công ty Bà có một người bạn là Grace Ansley và trong một buổi ăn tối tại Rome,

bà đã tiết lộ về việc bà biết Grace có tình cảm sâu đậm với Delphine trước khi ông ấy kết hôn với bà

- Alida Slade: an American middle-aged widow, Delphine’s wife – a lawyer of

a company She had a friend who was Grade Ansley and in a dinner in Rome, she revealed that Grace had a deep love with Delphine before he married her

– Delphine Slade : chồng của Alida, người yêu của Grace

- Delphine Slade: Alida's husband, Grace’s love

– Grace Ansley : là góa phụ trung niên người Mỹ, vợ của Horace Ansley Khi

bị bà Slade tiết lộ bí mật 25 năm trước, Grace đã thật sự bị sốc

- Grace Ansley: an American middle-aged widow, Horace Ansley’s wife When hearing the secret revealed by Mrs Slade from 25 years ago, Grace was really shocked

– Horace Ansley : chồng của Grace

- Horace Ansley: Grace’s husband

– Barbara Ansley : con gái của Grace Là người mà Alida rất ganh tị vì cô có ưu thế hơn hẳn con gái Jenny của bà Alida Và cô cũng chính là con gái của Delphine – kết quả của cuộc tình 25 năm trước giữa Delphine và Grace

- Barbara Ansley: Grace’s daughter She was the person Alida was very envious because she had a higher advantage than Alida’s daughter Jenny And she was Delphine’s daughter – the result of the love in 25 years ago between Delphine and Grace

– Jenny Slade: con của Alida Tuy xinh đẹp nhưng lại không duyên dáng bằng Barbara

- Jenny Slade: Alida’s daughter Though beautiful, she was not charming as Barbara

– Harriet : cô cố của Grace Theo câu chuyện thì Harriet và em gái cùng yêu một người đàn ông Và để thoát khỏi chị của mình, Harriet đã lừa em mình đến Forum sau hoàng hôn để cô em bị bệnh Sau đó Harriet cũng bệnh mà chết

- Harriet: Grace’s aunt According to the story, Harriet and her younger sister loved the same man And to get rid of his sister, Harriet had cheated her sister

to go to Forum after sunset in order for her sister to be sick Then, Harriet had an serious illness and was dead

– Headwaiter : giám sát bồi bàn tại nhà hàng Roman.

- Headwaiter: supervising waiter at the Roman restaurant.

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- Các nhân vật gồm : Grace Ansley, Horace Ansley, Barbara, Mrs Slade, Delphine Slade Họ đều là những người trung niên, giàu có Câu chuyện xảy ra tại sân thượng của nhà hàng ở Rome vào giữa năm 1920.

- Trong khung cảnh: di tích Forum, đấu trường Palatine.

- 02 nhân vật bề ngoài tỏ ra rất thân thiết, khi lớn lên họ trở thành tính địch vì cả 2 cùng yêu Delphine Bà Slade ganh tị với Ansley và đem lòng ghen tuông 25 năm

- Mở đầu truyện, 2 người nhắc lại chuyện ngày xưa Bà Slade tiết lộ bức thư viết cho Ansley cách đây 25 năm Nội dung của bức thư là lới Delphine nhắn Ansley cần gặp nhau tại đấu trường Bức thư này do bà Slade viết vì cho 2 người gặp nhau

- Ansley nói có gặp Delphine Bà Slade nghĩ không có gì phải tội nghiệp mình vài bà đã có Delphine trong 25 năm qua Ansley trả lời đã có Barbara là con của Delphine.

- Vì sao bà Slade trở thành góa phụ? Nét tương phản của 2 nhân vật tạo ra yếu tố mỉa mai trong truyện Cả 2 nhân vật không cân xứng trong việc tranh tài

Bà Slade là người tự tin nhưng thua cuộc Ansley là người không tự tin nhưng thắng cuộc

- Trong nội tâm của Ansley nuôn bị giằng xé Bà giữ tình yêu Delphine trong lòng suốt 25 năm, dùng hình thức đan để che dấu tình cảm

- Thành Rome tượng trưng cho xã hội lịch thiệp Đi từ nơi đẹp đẽ đến đấu trường độc ác, bóng tối cũng dần buôn xuống như lòng tăm tối của con người

- Trong xã hội nam giới thống trị thì người phụ nữ chỉ là vật sở hữu Nếu người đàn ông sở hữu được người nữ xinh đẹp thì người giàu có Người phụ nữ phải trau chuốt để tìm người xứng đáng, khi già thì phải lo cho con cái.

- Slade không kìm chế được cảm xúc Họ không còn là 2 người bạn mà là đấu sĩ

- Tác phẩm nói về chuyện tình 3 người : 2 phụ nữ và 1 người đàn ông 1 người lợi dụng căn bệnh để loại tình địch.

- Roman Fever nghĩa là niềm đam mê, thôi thúc khiến Grace Ansley dù bệnh vẫn cố gắng đến đấu trường để gặp người yêu của mình Nó cũng là sự ghen tuông của bà Slade với bà Ansley.

- Tất cả các nhân vật đều là nạn nhân của Roman Fever

- Theo bạn thì 2 người bạn có thật sự hiểu nhau không? Thành thật với nhau không? Tìm dẫn chứng? Họ suy nghĩ về nhau như thế nào?

"Roman Fever" is among Edith Wharton's last writings and caps off her noteworthy

career "Roman Fever" was first published in Liberty magazine in 1934, and it was included in Wharton's final collection of short stories, The World Over, in 1936

Several reviewers of this final collection from newspapers and magazines throughout the nation called special attention to "Roman Fever." Since then, however, the story has received little critical attention The few critics who have written about the story describe it as artistic, complex, and reflective of Wharton's moral landscape

"Roman Fever," however, is frequently included in anthologies, both of Wharton's work and of American literature, and this may be a better indicator of its value as worthwhile literature than its critical history is The story, at first, seems to be little more than a tale about the nostalgic remembrances of two middle-aged women

revisiting Rome Yet the tone of both the outer and inner dialogue shows a deep-felt animosity between the two women The more outgoing Mrs Slade is envious of Mrs Ansley's vivacious daughter and jealous of her past love for Mrs Slade's husband The final sentence of the story reveals that Mrs Slade has a valid reason for her feelings of competition with Mrs Ansley though she only learns of it after years of ill-feeling Some readers may find this final sentence to be a trick ending, on par with those of Saki or O Henry But a close reading of "Roman Fever" shows that Wharton carefully crafted her story to lead up to that exact moment of truth Wharton's fine construction indeed makes "Roman Fever" one of her greater works of short fiction

Here you go with "A Rose For Emily"

The story of “A Rose for Emily” begins with a scene of a funeral when Miss Emily Grierson died In your opinion, what does “A Rose” stand for?

Du Thi Minh Chau

Rose, Forever a Symbol of Love

William Faulkner was known as a prolific writer of short stories His first short story collection “These 13” (1932) includes many of his most acclaimed and most

frequently anthologized stories, and also “A Rose for Emily” “A Rose for Emily” recounts the story of an eccentric spinster, Emily Grierson with the strange

circumstances of her life and her odd relationships with her father, and her lover After her death, townspeople discovered that Emily killed her lover and slept with his corpse through years Although readers can not find out any rose in this story, it was still named “A rose for Emily” In my opinion, “a rose” stands for the love between Emily and her father, and her lover Homer Barron, and her Negro servant Tobe

First of all, “a rose” is used as a symbol of the love between Emily and her father

Emily’s father loved her so much that he did not let her love any man He had driven away all the young men that were in love with her Maybe to Emily’s father, she was the most precious stone and a noble lady that no men could deserve to be her husband That made young beautiful Emily become a spinster when time went by On the other hand, Emily also loved her father too much that she could not accept his death Emily refused that “her father was not dead” and she did it for three days Until the doctors

“were about to resort to law and force”, she broke down and let them burry her father She was so afraid of being alone that she could not let go of him For this reason,

“with nothing left, she would have to cling to that which had robbed her” An odd love between father and daughter did spoil Emily’s life from her first days

The second point, which is easy to see, is “a rose” stands for a couple’s love – Emily and her lover, Homer Barron Firstly, this love could be considered as an one-way or unilateral love from Emily to Homer She met him after her father died and she did not have any moral support Homer was also the first man that Miss Emily had a chance to love As a result, she wanted to live with him forever However, Homer did not

because he was attracted to men and was not a marrying type Secondly, Emily’s love was selfish and possessive Although she knew that Homer did not love her and marry her, she still bought a suit, a night-shirt and a man’s toilet set in silver with the letters

H B on each piece She did anything to prove that they were getting married and also

to cling Homer Emily just knew that she loved him so that he had to live with her forever That led to Homer’s death by arsenic which Emily bought from the druggist Once more the blind love of Emily to her lover did spoil the following days of her poor life

Finally, “a rose” is a mute love of the Negro servant, Tobe for Emily Firstly, he took care of Emily until she died After the death of Emily’s father, “the only sign of life about the place” was he, a young man then The phrase “the Negro men went in and out with a market basket” was repeated as regualrly, slowly and even softly as his appearance throughout Emily’s life Tobe did it day by day, month by month, year by year without saying a word so that “his voice had grown harsh and rusty, as if from disuse” I myself think that Tobe might want to spend all his lifetime to take cae of her

as well as to love her in mute Therefore, it might be the reason why he did not leave Emily alone when her family situation fell down Secondly, Tobe still took care of Emily after she died This detail can be see clearly in “The Negro met the first of the ladies at the front door and let them in, …, and then he disappeared He walked right through the house and out the back and was not seen again” It meant that Tobe loved Emily so much that he let eveyone in and take care of her when he was too old to do this, and was about to go away It was the simple love of the Negro servant that gave a grain of comfort to the last day of Emily’s life

In conclusion, readers can see that “a rose” here stands for many kinds of love It may

be an odd love between father and daughter that spoils Emily’s first days; or a blind love of a couple that kills Emily’s lover and also spoils her following days; or a simple love of a servant Tobe for his young mistress that comforts her last day Morever, the author did want to describe Miss Emily as a rose – a young lady with her beauty Hence he expressed his affection to her, a rose at her funeral at the end of the story The story did close but leave the readers filled with compassion for Miss Emily, who

never had a chance to know what a real love is until she dies.

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Truong Thi Bich Ngoc

In the story ‘A Rose for Emily’, we did not see any rose even in a smallest detail, so the question here is that what ‘a rose’ means or what ‘a rose’ stands for In my own feeling, ‘a rose’ is just the symbol and it has many ‘colors’ In general, we all know that rose is a symbol of love and beauty It is called the ‘the Queen of flowers’, and it has many color represent many state and sentiment of people In this story, the readers can understand ‘a rose’ as the author’s commemoration to Emily in overall the story;

or through the creation of the author in the details, we can see the symbol of ‘a rose’ was represented as the Yankee named Homer Barron, the old Negro, the mayor

Colonel Sartoris, and the respect of the townspeople to Emily

The first meaning of ‘a rose’ is the love The love is also the tragedy in this story Emily loved the Yankee named Homer Barron very much, but she did not have a happy ending She could not hold the heart of that man, thought she killed him and kept his body with her for years In my subjective idea, I think the character Homer Barron is not a real ‘rose’ in the life of Emily because this man brought the hope also the big hurt and was the reason for the tragedy ; but I think the author and his Emily should thought that Homer Barron is a rose, the rose of love However, the intolerant love of Emily made this ‘rose’ became the most terrible rose Barron was a bloody red rose with many thorns in Emily’s life, a haunted rose

The second meaning of ‘a rose’ is the old Negro who was always beside Emily and took care for all her life He was very loyal and did everything for Emily with all of his mind and his love Maybe he was not confident enough to advice Emily to do the better thing, but he had finished his responsibility excellently If he did not exist in Emily’s life, I am sure that she could not live long like that Somebody think that this old Negro loved Emily, or he did like that to repay the help from Emily’s family… Maybe these are right, but I love to think that he is an unusually servant who can do everything to save his owner He is like a pure yellow rose always beside Emily in all circumstances

The third ‘rose’ in Emily’s life is the mayor Colonel Sartoris His family and Emily’s family had a good relationship He knew clearly that Emily totally depended on her father When Mr Grierson had died, Mr Sartoris decided to do something to help Emily Finally, he created a fabrication that she was spared the tax because that was the repayment for a loan given to the town by her father He was generous knew how

to use his power for his purpose effectively In general, this character was good and had full of power like a velvety rose that the author brought to Emily’s life

The fourth ‘rose’ stands for the sentiment of the townspeople In fact, not all of them love her, but at least they still respected her as the last state of an old passed time They had the breath of the new age, and also had the curiosity about the life and the house of Emily When Emily died, they are persons who celebrated the funeral for her

After a tragedy and lonely life, Emily still had many people attended her funeral This

is a little strange, but at a side, we can think that it is the intention of the author to make the life of Emily has something warm at the end In general, the sentiment of the townspeople looked like a new orange rose adorned for the life of Emily

The last meaning of ‘a rose’ is the commemoration to Emily from the author The story started with the scene of Emily’s funeral and then back to over early forty years

to tell all the tragedy of Emily’s life The readers absolutely do not see any rose in this story, so one of the explanations for the title ‘A Rose for Emily’ is that ‘rose’

represented for the sentiment of the author to Emily This sentiment of the author is as

a white rose used to respect the deceased person

In brief, as I express above, there are many ‘roses’ with many colors in Emily’s life A haunted rose named Homer Barron, a pure yellow rose old Negro, the velvety rose Colonel Sartoris, a new orange rose from the townspeople, and a white rose in the funeral for all her tragedy life ‘A Rose for Emily’ can be understood by readers in many ways depend on which ‘rose’ they love In my opinion, a’ rose’, at last, is the white; because after many color ‘roses’ she had in life, there was only the white rose in her funeral One more reason, the white is said to be the container of all colors, so ‘A Rose for Emily’, at the end, is the white

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21-11-2009, 03:01 PMEmily’s life seemed to be isolated from the society In your opinion, who would be responsible for her “poor characters”?

Pham Thi Nhu Y

William Faulkner is one of the most famous American writers in the American Prose since 1945 He writes a lot of novels with reality and experimentation which he has collected from society in his time and from village he has been living in years “A rose for Emily” is one of his major works The story of “A rose for Emily” tells about the poor life of Miss Emily Grierson, one member of the powerful noble family She is living with the huge fame and richness of the family It is separated her with society outside She sometimes contracts with people around her After her father dies, she seldom goes out All time she just lives in her big house with an old man-servant-a combined gardener and cook Her life is going by secretly, silently and lonely even though she is isolated from her society And all those different things among her

neighbors and she are made by three men in her life They are responsible for that she

is isolated from society

The first man responsible for her isolated from society is her father He brings the deepest effects to all her life She lives on her father so much She makes him decide all things in her life She always does what her father tells and does not need to know

if it is right or wrong, “His back to her is very big.” He takes cares of her so close He prevents any man from coming with her The reasons he gives are that they belong to the lower social classes “None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily.” With the way of his thought like that, he puts his daughter on too high

position what she really is So it makes her too proud of her rank Even after her

father’s death, she has been a thirty-year woman, she has not got married She just stays at her house and goes out very little Every one hardly sees her later His death leaves an enormous gap in her life That loosing is too huge for her to accept it She can not believe that her father died so she can not allow people to bury her father’s body until more three days after It improves again that her father affects her so much

It is the way he loves his daughter that makes her be isolated from her society

The second man is the Mayor Colonel Sartoris He is a powerful man in the town He edicts many statements and official orders in society at that time One of them is that

he has made a decision to free Miss Emily’s duties since the day of her father’s death,

“Remitted her taxes, the dispensation dating from the death of her father on into

perpetuity.” It means that she has to pay for any tax no longer And it also means that one more time, she is again dispossessed the right to take part in social activities and have relationships with people around her Mr Sartoris is duty free for her because he wants her not to be worried about it after her father’s death But intentionally, his action prevents her from having relationships with people She does not pay her taxes

so she does not also have any reason to go out or talk with the others She only stays at her house and does not have to care everything happening outsides because everything has had other people to do for her

The last man is an old man-servant-a combined gardener and cook, a Negro He lives with her at least ten years He does everything in her house from a gardener to cook and a house-keeper He takes care of her head over heels when she is alive as well as when she dies So she does not have to reach her hands into any thing She is not

worried about anything from the smallest like buying her daily clothes or separate things to bigger things like keeping all a big house, dealing with difficult things

outsides or unexpected visitors who come her house with any reasons And she lives as

a noblewoman with its true meaning even at that time her family is not like before and society changes and modernizes more But she does not care; it is no meaning in her life She makes acquainted with the way of living like that It seems an undivided part

of her life His love makes her habits live on others She has never thought that she must work everything by herself or live more independently not depend on the others

so much

In short, Miss Emily is a poor character She lives a quite and alone life in her house and is isolated from society almost She just goes around in her cold house She often sits lonely in dark Her life will not be too unfortunate and sad if three men in her life

do not love and take care of her so close like that It is the way they love her to make the habits living on others for her She always thinks that everything has others do as well as they must do it for her like their duties with her life Her thoughts are

unreasonable and it is not her mistakes because she has been forced to believe it These thoughts are built and brought into her blood when a child She has no chance to

choose So it is!

THE MEANING OF THE TITLE “A ROSE FOR EMILY”

Dang Xuan Thai Ngan

The victory of the American Civil War ends glory days of the South Many southern people refused to accept the changed situation and had kept cherishing their precious memories They showed a strong attachment to old values and traditions of the faded past Miss Emily, who is the main character in the story “A Rose for Emily”, is typical

of those Southerners Throughout the story, the word “rose” rarely appears, but trying

to interpret it helps readers have a deep understanding about the story

“A Rose for Emily” is Faulkner’s white rose to Emily, his way of expressing

condolences to Emily’s death He sympathizes with her loneliness and her imagination about her status People in the town respect her but they are one of the main reasons that make her have too good opinion of herself They do not dare to force her to pay taxes, they do not dare to question her when she buys poison, they are more

embarrassed of making remarks about the smell and do not dare to find out the truth about this terrible smell I have the feeling that they consider her as “holy” idol They treat her as if she was beyond the law If only they forced her to obey the law, she would be more conscious about her real status and integrated into a new era

The rose is also a comparison to Emily’s life She grows up in a comfortable

environment and has everything a child wants This caused Emily to be very self – centered and thinks of herself as superior to everyone else in the town even when her father dies Like the most beautiful rose in a garden, she is too proud of herself to leave a normal life as other people and deny her high status which only exists in her thinking She refuses to pay taxes, ignores town gossip that she is a fallen woman In

my opinion, she is a victim of the circumstance because she suffers from a lack of genuine love and care, and her stubbornness is caused by her father’s overprotective treatment when she is young

Rose symbolizes love In her life, she lacks love and desires to have one Emily wants

to be loved, and she is determined that Homer is her true love to rescue her from her fear of being alone I think Emily sincerely loves Homer, but his feelings about the relationship are different because he does not like marriage The only true love she has ever known now leaves her Her deepest feelings and hidden longings for love result in her murdering of Homer Baron She does not realize that he is not a deserving man but desperately clings to that blind love A “rose” is what her searches for in her life but till the day she die, she never has one

The rose is Miss Emily herself In her heyday she was a high – rank beautiful girl, however when she grows up, she has a lot of “thorns” that can cut and wound Her personality prevents everyone from getting close, even to those who are attracted by the fragrance or beauty of the rose She frames herself in her house like a rose in a protected garden far from the reach of outsiders Emily’s rose only bloomed for Homer

in a short time and then it faded and died as she does

The rose here refers to the colour of Emily’ life in her viewpoint Miss Emily herself, I believe, is completely incapable of realizing what happens outside her closed front door She prefers living in her isolated and protected world inside her house and

believes it is a rosy world She acts like a innocent child because she loses the concept

of time She is both indifferent and unconscious of the crime she committed She even does not bother to conceal her crime Instead of taking the reality as it is objectively, she keeps thinking of the past and imprisons herself in her imaginative rosy world Sadly, it is the people in the town that make her misperceive the real world around her and pride too much on her isolation and independence For example, when she shows

no grief at her father’s death, they interpret her action as an example of pride and strength, why don’t they talk to her, comfort and sympathize with her true feeling? They also make up a romantic story about her relationship with Homer Barron When

he disappears, they assume that he has left her with a broken heart, and this gives them another reason to pity the poor lady However, when they see her walking with even straighter back and keeping her head even higher with dignity, they seem to admire her even more She is a strong woman with a great sense of tradition but at the same time she is the victim of misperception of the world The way the town admire her “heroic characteristics” never rescues her from the imaginative rosy world As a result, her misperception about herself and her real world around continue till the end of her life

“A Rose for Emily” is a commentary on love in her life The author tells us about her father’s love and her true love Her father loves her so much, he protects her and cares for her, but drives all the men in her life away Homer, the man she sincerely loves, does not return the love she gives him The 2 men she loves most leave her but her pride keeps her from socializing with other people in the town and reinforces her loneliness Her desire for love and companionship never satisfied

In the story “A Rose for Emily” Faulkner chooses to use town people’s point of view

as a narrator because it gives the readers a positive and objective view on Miss

Emily’s life While recalling past events taking place in the town, the narrator gives the reader insights into Miss Emily’s problems, which in turn helps the readers form their own different but suitable interpretations about the title of the story

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21-11-2009, 03:03 PMEMILY KILLED HER SWEETHEART

Hoang Ngoc Trang

The papers have written so much about lovers who killed one another People kill their lovers for such a number of reasons: their lovers cheat them, their lovers have another man/woman and so fourth Killing is already a terrible thing Yet, when the murderer and the victim are lovers, the action of killing is often more violent and frightening Only after Emily died, the townspeople discovered a horrible fact that she had killed her sweetheart – Homer Barron It was frightening as well as surprising to her

neighborhood because they used to think that Emily and Homer would get married I was at first surprised by her murder too, but later I understood why she did so

When Emily was young - when she experienced the most wonderful time in a

woman’s life, she like any other woman hoped for an interesting boyfriend, a real love, and then a happy family However successful a woman was, a good husband – a

family was always their most wanted thing That was not a difficult-to-come-true wish