Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 17109201 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2012. 1. 5 Life, autonomy, and the Pursuit of cheer A Probe into the Character of Emily A Rose for Emily is a mindless tale written by Ameri quarter author William Faulkner first published in the April 30, 1930 pick out of Forum.It describes the cataclysm of a representative southern lady, Miss Emily, who is late victimized in her reference work and nous by the pompous system of the South and patriarc done so up to now though she wants to fight, she dumb fails to present and deal with the changes ca utilise by the concussion of northerly industrialization all(prenominal) by herself and in conclusion leads to last and self-destruction on the carriage of pursuing enjoyment.This essay concentrates on exploring the typeface of Emily with the efforts she has do for her manner and especially the reasons for her disaster in fighting from the three aspects as Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of f elicity, (the well-know phrase use from the United call downs Declaration of In habituation). 1. The Backup of proterozoic Life As a descendant of the southern accomplished noble family, Emily was innate(p) in the surroundings full of the mind of feudalism and hierarchy which entertains her acquire non only the perspective of arrogance and indifference to common people, but, most importantly, the habit of fealty to her suffer.Before her don dies, he is the only genius Emily could rely on in her family. Therefore, there should be no blame to her that she depended on her novice when she was still young, plainly as most of us would depend on our p arnts during our childhood and youth. However, the fact the she gets to be xxx and is still single reveals the abnormality of the dependence. Actually, it is no longer pure dependence on her father. Instead, the dependence has developed into oer homage which past is taken advantage of by her father to meet her carry outl y at a lower drive the timidity of the overage southern customs duty.The command is however described by William Faulkner as the tableau, Miss Emily a slender class in white in the dressingground, her father a spraddled silhouette in the foreground, his back to her and clutching a horsewhip, the two of them framed by the back-flung front door. The father, a typical symbol of patriarchate, clutching a horsewhip, acts as a tyrant. Its him who h obsoletes the Griersons almodal values a elflike too last for what they really ar and uses his horsewhip, which exactly symbolizes patriarchy, to beat off all of the young men who come to make proposals to his daughter, Miss Emily, believing that no maven is quite good enough for her.In fact, in his opinion, none of the young men are quite good enough not for his daughter, but for the sometime(a)er southern usage and its dignity. He never regards Emily as an autonomous individual. On the contrary, he regards her as the son of a bitch to maintain their dignity in the established system. However, Emily has been regarding her father as the unhurt musical accompaniment of her life since she was natural. Whats more, she has been in this solid ground for more than 30 years. She has long been used to this dependence and stock-still allows this kind of dependence to conquer her strong require for surplus life and love. To her, this dependence is just her whole life.Therefore, when her father dies, she cannot accept the fact because her father is her whole dependence and the dependence is just her whole life. Her fathers terminal has also deprived all the fancy of her life. Her father and the old tradition her father represents are the root of Emilys tragedy thus, her fathers death should be regarded as the find for Emily to free herself from the constraint of the established system. Its the ancestry of Emilys fighting for her witness life, conversance and rejoicing. 2. Liberty Getting rid of her fathers control is just like relinquish from a prison.After a long cartridge clip of being sick, she is seen again with hair misfortune short and looks like a girl, which declares the beginning of her liberty. However, Faulkner describes her as resembling to those angels in colored church windowssort of tragic and serene. The word of tragic seems to have indicated the sad ending of Emilys life even though she has the chance to gain liberty. And the reason lies on Emilys wrong interpretation of liberty. From the description by Faulkner, later her fathers death, the character of Emily appearing before the readers is still ofttimes(prenominal) an arrogant and indifferent person typically symbolizing the old tradition.It is clearly known by the readers that actually Emily never frees herself from the fasten of the conventional system even though she has gotten rid of her fathers control. However, Emily sees her liberty from a different angle. To her, liberty kernel to live in a way she has long been used to at her own go forth. Since her father died, nobody and nothing can ever take her under control any more. Therefore, she ignores all the others denouncing the smell of her house, vanquishes the tonic generations demanding her taxes and rejects the newer generations attaching a mailbox.She still carries her dubiousness high enougheven when others all call up that she is fallen, because the way of living she has been used to is just to maintain dignity as much as she can in the environment of the old southern tradition. She refuses to free herself from the conventional system because its the very place she feels relatively free. In contrast, the new existence with all those changes caused by the shock of Federal industrialization is where she will feel unsafe, precarious and uncomfortable.Similarly in the film The Shawshank redemption, the two people, the old log, Brooks, and one of the protagonists, Red, have much hassle in adjusting themselves t o the life outside aft(prenominal) they get their parole from decades of imprisonment. Brooks even commits suicide and Red can never pea unless asking for permission. And Emily has also been imprisoned for more than thirty years which has made her long ago assimilated by the old tradition. Emily has made efforts for her life and liberty after her fathers death. Unfortunately, she interprets her liberty in the way which is against the development of the new cosmos both in aterial and spiritual aspects. And her morose interpretation is still due to the over thirty years imprisonment of patriarchy and the conventional system of the South. 3. The Pursuit of Happiness Even though the living modal value has been assimilated by the convention, there is still something that everyone is born with including Emily. That is the desire for joy. Emily lives in her own old cosmea but all alone. She hits liberty but lacks gaiety. Therefore, when home run Barron shows up, she believes that h e is the cite of her happiness and makes up her mind to prehension the slight of swear.However, the chance of gaining happiness is ruined again by the interlocking in the midst of her old world and the shock of Federal industrialization. Whats worse, last she leads to the road of destruction and self-destruction by her extreme desire resulting from patriarchy and the old traditions severe oppression homing pigeon Barron, a Yankee, comes from the north and symbolizes the Yankee industrialization, which is definitely against the old tradition and even some base principles of Emilys own old world such as the feature of dignity. and on the other side, he seems to Emily the hope for her happiness.As a woman oppressed by spiritual loneliness for such a long time, the desire for love and happiness is strong enough to for Emily to conquer the continuous restraint of conventional hierarchical thought. As a result, she goes out of the old house, which symbolizes the convention, wi th her head high and together with homing pigeon Barron with his hat cocked and a cigar in his teeth, reins and whip in a yellow glove impulsive in the glittering buggy on Sunday afternoons. She even decides to marry him by buying a complete jibe of mens clothing disregarding of all the objects and conflicts.During this period, she has gradually become deeply trapped in the love and happiness with bell ringer Barron. She has been oppressed by patriarchy and the southern convention for more than thirty years, and now the love she is experiencing is so anomalous and incomparable that it has become the whole happiness of her life and that it is impossible for her to let it go. If Homer Barron isnt going to leave her, then the love and happiness will for sure continue. However, as the symbol of northern industrialization, Homer Barron holds a completely opposite attitude towards the relationship with Miss Emily.He just regards it as a pure way of pastime without any responsibilit y, which is a sharp conflict amidst not only Homer and Emily, but also the morals of northern industrialization and the old southern convention. infra the pressure of the conflicts and the long-term victimization by patriarchy and the convention, Emilys character and mind has been completely deformed. In the end, to prevent the happiness from disappearing, Emily takes drastic measures as killing Homer and let the body stay with her ever so that her love and happiness will also never leave.This measure nettly destroys her whole life and leaves her a complete tragedy as well as Homer Barron. In this extraordinary short story, the character of Emily William Faulkner created has made some efforts to earn her own life and liberty and even persist in the pursuit of happiness. However, her life is based on patriarchy and the conventional system of the South for more than 30 years the liberty she goes after is still trapped in the old tradition and her pursuit of happiness comes across the conflicts between the southern old tradition and the shock of northern industrialization.All of these negative factors lead to the final tragic destruction. References Olga W. Vickery. The Novels of William Faulkner A Critical approximation M. Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press, 1964 Fang Yigui . J. ,2007 1 Liu Aiying . J. ,1998 2 Liu Zhuo & Peng Changliu . J. ,2004 5 Wang Minqin . ? J. ,2002 2? ,? 66-69 Xiao Minghan . . ,1997?