Give a brief analysis of Emily Grierson, the protagonist of A Rose for Emily by Faulkner.
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Give a brief analysis of Emily Grierson, the protagonist of A Rose for Emily by Faulkner.
【正确答案】:

SET IN THE TOWN OF JEFFERSON IN YOKNAPATAWPA, THE STORY FOCUSES ON EMILY GRIERSON, AN ECCENTRIC SPINSTER WHO REFUSES TO ACCEPT THE PASSAGE OF TIME, OR THE INEVITABLE CHARGE AND LOSS THAT ACCOMPANIES IT. AS A DESCENDENT OF THE SOUTHERN ARISTOCRACY, EMILY IS TYPICAL OF THOSE IN FAULKNER’S YOKNAPATAWPA STORIES WHO ARE THE SYMBOLS OF THE OLD SOUTH BUT THE PRISONERS OF THE PAST. 


【题目解析】:福克纳《献给爱米丽的玫瑰》中的主人公爱米丽·格里尔森的特点。故事发生在约克纳帕塔的杰斐逊镇,故事的焦点是艾米丽·格里森,一个古怪的老处女,拒绝接受时间的流逝,或随之而来的不可避免的指控和损失。作为南方贵族的后裔,艾米丽是福克纳的约克纳帕塔帕故事中的典型人物,这些故事是旧南方的象征,但却是过去的囚徒。
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