Cuckolded is the word I have chosen for the assignment on A Rose for Emily.
"The body had apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace, but now the long sleep that outlasts love, that conquers even the grimace of love, had cuckolded him." page 94
True definition:
1. cuckold-noun: the husband of an unfaithful wife.
2.verb:to make a cuckold of (a husband).
After reading the definition of cuckolded. I have even more questions. I love how Faulkner uses such a large vocabulary because I can learn about new words and look them up, as well as, increase my own vocabulary.However cuckolded is one of those words i really have no idea why he used it instead of using unfaithful. Through my understanding of the sentence in which the word is used, he is saying that the embrace of Miss Emily was true. However, his "sleep" had cheated him out of time and love for her.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the word cuckolded used for describing Homer being cheated from his life, from Emily’s life and her love. At first I thought it was used only because Emily had cheated Homer out of everything by murdering him, now I’m thinking FauIkner could have used this word for another reason also. His story vaguely mentioned an issue of the town people knowing Homer ”had said he liked men and spent time drinking with the young men in the Elks’ Club”. The town women were disturbed by Emily and Homer’s friendship, saying it was a disgrace because they knew all along. They sent the minister to Emily’s house to speak with her about it which didn’t go very well, so I wonder did the minister tell her or did she already know? I really ignored this small detail but it makes sense if Homer was attracted to men cuckolded could have been used because he actually cheated on Emily.? She had bought the rat poison directly before this issue was mentioned, so I think she could have known what the town did all along.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! I never actually thought of it that way. ha! After reading this I now inderstand why he meant to use that particular word. thank you for the insight on it:)
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