A Rose For Emily Short Story

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Books and stories seem to go more in depth than films they require the participation of the reader, and also allow for more deliverable information. Films are shorter and they summarize main points of plots, require less participation from the audience, and lack the depth that books have. Movies are better when it comes down to the special effects, fight scenes, visuals of scenery, and other such things. However, books are much better with storytelling, letting the plot unravel, and character development. I think popular fiction is more difficult to be transitioned from print to film. Since in the end, it is fiction when it’s transitioned to film whoever is doing the writing or directing for the movie can put their own twists and turns on the story from their own perspective. This is the main reason why most fans of the print version of the stories do not like the film versions. The audience’s expectations undoubtedly heighten whenever a popular story is translated to film. They expect the picture they in vision when they read the story to be translated to film form anything short of that it is not going to be well received by the fans. The main objective is to examine “A Rose for Emily” short story and its adaptation of a short film. William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily”, is an ominous story of a young women marred by her father that ended up with her having a fear that she would forever be alone. Emily’s father found no male was good enough for his daughter and kept her single well into her 30’s. At that time it was very unusual for a woman to be single in her 30’s. The setting of the story is in the south in the 1930’s. Her father dies leaving her with a house, a servant, and a lonely heart. When her father dies C... ... middle of paper ... ...ss Emily reproduced her image from the story. From a opulent young women, to an emotionally distraught women, and then finally on to a lonely and eccentric old woman. Homer Barron character was also played well. In the film he was the strong gentleman his character was in the story. The way he mastered the homosexual implication in the film was spot on with the short story. The script of the film is basically the short story. The introduction narration is the first thing you hear in the film and the first you read in the story. The film seems to have left out the emphasis on the southern gothic features that add to the elements of the story. In the film there was not a huge scene that dealt with her tax problems. The board members never came to visit her regarding the taxes. In the film the really do not go into any detail at all about Emily’s refusal to pay taxes.

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