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Gender In A Rose For Emily By William Faulkner

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The issue of gender throughout the story also points to Emily's id-driven desire to attain a masculine status. Freudian images of sexuality are present, as his psychological analysis relies heavily on latent "symbols of sexual symbolism and genitalia". One image of the penis is notable in Faulkner's description of Emily's father, a dominant male archetype: "her father a straddles silhouette in the foreground, his back to her and clutching a horsewhip". Freudian criticism says that the horsewhip to represent his power and masculinity, as Emily's father grips it to scare any of Emily's potential suitors from entrance of the house. The masculine imagery is also present in the description of Homer Barron, "with his hat cocked and a cigar in his
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