The man himself lay in the bed.
For a long while we just stood there, looking down at the profound and fleshless grin. The body had apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace, but now the long sleep that outlasts love, that conquers even the grimace of love, had cuckolded him.
What was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of the nightshirt, had become inextricable from the bed in which he lay; and upon him and upon the pillow beside him lay that even coating of the patient and biding dust. (查看原文)
Then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation of a head.
One of us lifted something from it, and leaning forward, that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils, we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair. (查看原文)
then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation for a head one of us lifted something from it and leaning forward that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils we saw a lon...then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation for a head one of us lifted something from it and leaning forward that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair (展开)
William Faulkner is one of the most greatest and famous authors of modern America. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949. The reason for his awarded was “for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel”. I t...
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"A Rose for Emily" is a short story by American author William Faulkner. It tells us the story of a southern upper class white spinster Emily Grierson and her eccentric relationships with her father, lover, and the town of Jefferson. Among all of those comp...
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I recently read a short story called A Roses for Emily, which is written by a well-know American writer, William Faulkner. As one of the most influential writers in the history of American literature, the representative of stream- of- consciousness literatu...
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In my opinion, Faulkner is great in terms of his choice over the symbols, e.g. a rose in <A Rose for Emily>. A rose, in its conventional sense, symbolizes love and passion, but in this writing, it bears an ironic meaning to pay tribute to Emily’s hard-won ...
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it’s based on the assumption that Emily’s father dies in 1894, that is the same year mayor remitted her taxes, and according to the text, she’s around thirty when her father dies, so let’s say, she is thirty years old at that time, then her birth date c...
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Emily is one of those persons of whom the distinction between reality and illusion has blurred. That is her way of hiding her sadness, weakness and failure. She is still a woman who is pride, arrogant and impervious before the townspeople.
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Actually I feel so sorry for Miss Emily, Everyone refers to her as Miss Emily, a sign of respect. She seems to be very respected in her community and so proud to regard herself in such a high manner. But Her eccentricities were not readily accepted b...
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2 有用 小木独钓寒江雪 2018-11-25 15:41:58
then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation for a head one of us lifted something from it and leaning forward that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils we saw a lon... then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation for a head one of us lifted something from it and leaning forward that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair (展开)
1 有用 一个玩滑板的🏄 2023-09-08 11:00:28 云南
Emily好适合跟纸片人谈恋爱 生活在现代肯定幸福得不得了
2 有用 阿久 2012-03-05 17:56:01
看开头，我以为会很无趣，看到快结尾，还是觉得很无趣，尼玛到结尾吓死人啊，不带这样的！！ T_T
5 有用 Iota Fú 2013-11-09 20:43:04
福克纳是个天才 哥特式气氛表现非常到位 短篇时间错乱 非常耐人寻味 结局让人毛骨悚然
32 有用 粉色少女陈17 2010-12-17 22:07:12
最近精读课就在上这个…各种要命…