Question

3. Discuss how this story might be viewed as a conflict between North and South. Keep in mind that Homer Barron is a construction foreman and a northerner, while Emily Grierson comes from a genteel southern family. How might the physical descriptions of Miss Emily relate to this theme

Answer 1

Answer:

There is immerse social pressure from the citizens and Emily's relatives for her to break up with homer Barron. The community subscribe to traditional Southern views of marriage and believed that Emily Grierson is forgetting her "noblesse oblige". She is considered a southern aristocrat who hails from the prestigious family, and she symbolically represent the Old South while her husband Homer Barron is a construction foreman from the North.

Explanation:

Despite her eccentricities, Miss Emily is regarded as being from the higher social class and she is far above Homer Barron's social status to be in a relationship with him. As a results their relationship has become a talk of the town, and Miss Emily is viewed as a bad example for the younger girls in her community.