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1、Abstract This passage attempts to, from a delicate way to analyze the conflicts about the life of Miss Emily in the world-famous short story A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, an American writer. The author first starts from the conflicts in Miss Emilys life, analyzing the reasons of the conflict
2、s. Furthermore, from literal devices in this passage, William Faulkner explains to the readers how the conflicts are displayed. Based on the above, the author points out that Miss Emilys character tragedy lies in the obstinate traditional sense of hierarchy in the Old South of America. The conflicts
3、, between the new system in the New South during its foundation and the old system in the Old South, as well as her greatly twisted character, lead to her tragic fate. Through the series of the specific analysis, the readers are able to make full comprehension of the article.Key words: Conflict Refu
4、se Old South New South North摘要本篇文章力图用一种很细致旳措施来透析威廉.佛克纳旳出名短篇小说献给艾米丽旳玫瑰中所浮现旳种种冲突。作者一方面从艾米丽生活中所浮现旳冲突切入，进而分析存在这些冲突旳因素，然后本篇文章又从威廉. 佛克纳所使用旳多种文学手段来进一步阐明他是如何把这些冲突呈现给读者旳，由此读者不难发现艾米丽旳悲剧植根于美国南方特权阶级顽固旳老式观念，这些冲突旳发生实质上是南方旧体制，旧观念和北方新体制，新观念旳冲突。通过一系列紧密旳分析读者可以更透彻旳理解这篇文章。核心词：冲突 回绝 旧南方 新南方 北方The Conflicts in A Rose for
5、 EmilyIntroductionWilliam Faulkner, an outstanding southern writer of the U.S.A., was a regionalist, spending most of his time in a small regionDeep South. He invented a county Yoknapatawpha , the capital is Jefferson ,in his imagination . Most of his stories took place in this imaginary place. “A R
6、ose for Emily” is one of them. Faulkner successfully advanced two modern literary techniques: stream of consciousness and multiple point of view. His frequent themes were history and race-family epic, melon-drama (with exaggerated conflicts and emotion), tragedy and comedy. All of these involve war,
7、 race, class, soil, and family violence. He defines his ideals in terms of their opposites. He has few characters that have normal sense, and Miss Emily, the main character of the short story, is a typical one who resembles almost all the aspects of William Faulkners writing style mentioned above.Mi
8、ss Emily Grierson, a typical character described in his world-famous short story “A Rose for Emily”, is the emblem of the Old South and the victim of the Old Souths traditional ideas. Her unusual behavior, proud and aloof character and nearly seclusive lives are always the targets criticized by trad
9、itional critics. Miss Emily refused to accept the postbox, the symbol of modernization; and refused to pay taxes, which means that she refused to accept the progress of the society; and refused to accept the passage of timeSo Miss Emilys life are filled with conflicts. And the conflicts lied in the
10、new ideas in the New South and the old ideas in the Old South.Chapter IThere are several conflicts in the story including paying taxes, the smell, the disposal of the dead body of her father, the purchase of poison, her marriage, and the mailbox.On paying taxes, the townspeople want Emily to conform
11、 to their standards of living. Emily refuses to succumb to their pressure because of a so-called arrangement made between Colonel Sartoris, who was the mayor at that time, and Emily exempts herself from ever paying taxes. In reality, the arrangement was really to save face or Emilys reputation becau
12、se she has become poor. Faulkner is so cautious even in the words he uses to reflect this arrangement of a bygone era: “Only a man of Colonel Sartoris” generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it.” (1) However, the town council of Jeffersons next generation
13、 has changed their values, demands Emily pay as all the rest of them. Faulkner notes that the townspeople sent the Baptist ministerMiss Emilys people were Episcopalto call upon her, and they also send threatening letters demanding she pay her taxes. But Miss Emily said, “perhaps he considers himself
14、 the sheriffI have no taxes in Jefferson.” (2) And she repeated one sentence in fury again and again, just as “see Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson.” Under such circumstances, the city authorities were forced to give up collecting her taxes.On townspeoples complains about the smell, th
15、e townspeople had no courage to ask her to get rid of it. That happened, shortly after her sweetheart deserted her. Four townspeople reduced themselves to the roles of nighttime prowlers, “slunk” around Miss Emilys house and “sprinkled” (3) lime. Creeping away, they see Miss Emily silhouetted in the
16、 window, “her upright torso motionless as that of an idol,” (4) From the descriptive words, the readers can see that Miss Emily has been dominating the community. On the disposal of the dead body of his father, when her father died, she became “crazy”. Faulkner wrote, “She told them his father was not dead. She d
