The Rose Against the Storm Throughout William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” and Kate Chopin’s “The Storm,” the authors use setting to help get a better understanding of the story. In Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”, he talks about the life of Emily and her stubbornness to let go of loved ones that have passed. in the story, she finds a lover by the name of Homer Barron. It is later revealed that she poisoned and killed him and throughout the years, slept with his decaying body. In Chopin’s “The Storm,” a storm is passing through where a family is separated. The main character Calixta hurries to prepare for the storm when a past companion, Alcee, comes along and asks to be sheltered while the storm passes. They become intimate with each other and wait for the bad weather to pass. Between both authors, Faulkner did a better job using setting to help narrate the creepy story because of how many little details he added while describing the places. …show more content…
She states, “They were in the dining room- the sitting room- the general utility room. Adjoining was her bed room, with Bibi's couch along side her own. The door stood open, and the room with its white, monumental bed, its closed shutters, looked dim and mysterious” (121). Chopin states that the main area of the house was the area where all the activities of the day were done. She also says that the bed of Calixta is the color white and is enormous. Chopin also states that Bibi’s bed sits right beside Calixta's. She also states that the atmosphere in the room was cozy, and sexual? Although the setting of the story is clarified, it does not capture the intimacy of the