Although the film version of “A Rose for Emily” accurately portrays the basic storyline, there is a substantial amount of added information that affects my understanding of the story. The film, directed by Lyndon Chubbuck, contains a great deal of the same information as the story but abandoned some critical pieces and added some unnecessary parts. There was more contrasting information between the film and the short story. I believe the film could have been more faithful to the original layout of Faulkner’s work. Emily was in great denial about her father’s unforeseen demise. In both the short story and the film, Mr. Grierson met his end but by very different means. There was no mention at all in the original story of how it happened, Faulkner …show more content…
He came around Emily‘s house frequently and may have unintentionally prevented her from committing suicide, which was not mentioned at all the story. However, in both the film and the story Homer Baron was a selfish man who toyed with Emily‘s heart. He swept her off her feet with this charming smile and attention, which Miss Emily didn’t receive often. Faulkner wrote “She will persuade him yet, because Homer himself had remarked that he was not a marrying type”. This information was observed and spread through gossip by the town’s people in the film as well. But the film it went more in depth to their relationship, especially with Homer’s distant attitude every time Emily spoke as if what she was saying didn’t matter at all to him. One specific scene in the film, Emily was speaking to Homer about her father and his recent passing, but homer completely ignored her and kept talking. His immaturity and cocky personality may seem to give Emily more motivation to want him dead. Although Homer may have made slightly different comments or choices in the film than in the story, he still showed an interest in Emily Grierson, and he still ended up