The Price Of Neglect By William Faulkner And The Play Trifles

The Price of Neglect In the short story â€Å"A Rose with Emily† written by William Faulkner and the play Trifles written by Stilwell, the authors discusses how society treatment of individuals can impact society. In â€Å"A Rose with Emily†, the author uses foreshadowing, symbolism and figurative language. While, Trifles uses irony, conflict and symbolism. Although both author does a remarkable job, Trifles writing was superior by a mile. However their theme is still about respect and neglectfulness. These works proves that when individuals are neglected by society, they can get away with a lot of things. In â€Å"A Rose with Emily†, Emily is widely respected mostly because of her family’s heritage. Throughout the short story, Emily did many strange things, however the community never confronted her, because they idolized her. They always had an excuse for her actions, they blamed her erratic actions on her father’s death. After her father death, the residents were aware that her house had a strange odor, some of the neighbors asked the judge to speak to Emily about it. However, no one wanted to go speak to her even Judge. When the community ask Judge Stevens to confront Emily of the odor, he claimed that â€Å"I m sure that won t be necessary, It s probably just a snake or a rat that nigger of hers killed in the yard. I ll speak to him about it. Instead of confronting her, the townspeople visited her house each night and sprinkle lime around her house until the odor went away. The odor