Question

Why is "a rose for emily" important in literature. Why is this story still regularly taught and assigned in literature courses today- and do you think it should be? Why or why not? What might it say about human nature or experience that could still be considered important or instructive today?

Answer 1

The story of ''a rose for Emily'' revolves around the curious history of Miss Emily and the manner in which death and life are juxtaposed through accounts and remembrance. The story uses strong symbolism in trying to picture us the tragedy of loss and how the world copes with it. It poses a deeply engrained question of the desire for all for existence and life and the rose uses that symbolism in the most profound literary way. It should be taught because it still is able to capture the existential questions we all are facing. The story of Emily is instructive still today because of the very dilemma of desiring love and at the same time the other side of human beings which stops each of us from fulfilling our desires. Emily wants to love and at the same time committed a wrong act, and when in death she thinks of what life she could have lived. But it was all too late for her. We could all learn to value the life we have and make the right choice, if we do not want to have regret like Emily.