Cusnia 1 Javier Cusnia Eng 102 Professor Gaines October, 28, 2017 Diagnosing Miss Emily “ A Rose for Emily” lives under the laws that are set by William Faulkner himself. Miss Emily Grierson is the main character of the story. The author leads the reader to understanding Emily’s behavior and her social relationships, while her community never thought Emily was “crazy” she was certainly a very ill person. Miss Emily Grierson the main character suppose to suffer from mental illness in “ A Rose for Emily” story is indeed a strange character. Retire from society confine in a world of illusions. Emily never obtain any psychiatric treatment but certainly show proof of mental illness. Insanity, His father was the man of the house, the narrator …show more content…
Grierson has expelled all the bachelors eligible for his daughter, leaving him alone with him.In fact, this information could be used to support the assertion that. It is reasonable to propose that Miss Emily develop this mental illness in response to the challenging conditions in which she lived as a woman of the South by an aristocratic family. Miss Emily faded because she could not develop mechanisms for healthy coping and adaptive defense. While most people can handle the types of stress factors Miss Emily faces, those who can't develop psychotic symptoms in response to their …show more content…
Staton adds that "Being consumed by his father [figuratively], Emily in turn feeds on Homer ... It has herself taken on the violence in him that has frustrated her and has resumed her ..." (275). Miss Emily is not just trying to exercise an independent existence, but she has never been able to do so and has developed symptoms of schizophrenia as an adaptive mismatch mechanism. Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" is a tale that is a story about the pressures of society and the ways in which people can wear. Miss Emily lacked coping adaptation skills to help her handle major stressors and was therefore vulnerable to the onset of mental