There Will Come Soft Rain Mood

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There Will Come Roses for Emily “A Rose for Emily and “There Will Come Soft Rains,” share a common tone to create a common mood for the reader. A mood of despair, loneliness, and grief. The authors have given the mood to the reader by using description of the setting. Not only the setting, but also the imagery created for the characters included in each story. For example, in the story, “There Will Come Soft Rains,” the story begins with the description of the loneliness of the home. The only voices heard are the remaining pieces of technology in the smart house. The setting foreshadows the mood the story will bring. We are informed that the house is the only one standing as the others have collapsed due to an atomic bombing. A bombing …show more content…
The setting begins in the funeral of Emily but gives a backstory on her life beforehand. The author begins describing Emily and the adventure of her life and how she decides to live it. Emily is described as a very skinny, long black haired girl who is a bit mysterious. The town is always curious about the way she thinks or feels as Emily is very isolated. This could be the result of her father not allowing her to marry. She is lonely and later on is completely alone because her father has passed on. This causes the reader to feel despair and pity on Emily. Even more when the readers are informed that she has grown old and fat. Before she had completely let herself go, many from the town were very worried about her. The author tells in the story that Emily’s house had began gaining a very horrid smell. The entire town was feeling pity and had been too afraid to ask about the smell, they felt rude. The audience also has this sensation of pity and despair because they are not told yet, what had been causing this smell. Yet later in the story, we are informed that she had found a lover but then soon poisoned him. We come to find, after her passing, that she had slept with this dead man’s body. This is when the mood of despair is truly expressed and given to the reader. Emily had been so lonely and desperate for love, that she killed her lover in order to