Southern Gothic Romanticism is a sub genre of Romanticism. It's focus lies on the American south."A Rose For Emily" shows southern Gothic traits in it's "recluse" figure, Emily and in the deaths in the story. "The Life You save May Be Your Own"shows southern Gothic traits in it's "grotesque" figure, Mr.Shiflet, a man who has one arm and it's other "grotesque" figure, the daughter who isn't "all there".
I think Miss Emily's crime goes undetected because she lives in a small town where the people only gossiped behind her back, they didn't ask her about anything. Another reason is because everyone just made assumptions about what happened to the people in her life, they didn't have any factual information. Lastly, they knew people in her family were insane and they called Emily crazy but they never made her get checked or put in an asylum.
I think the episode with the hitchhiker makes the story work because it kind of shows why Shiflet said he wanted an "innocent woman" and made such a big deal about it.
does he just want an 'innocent woman'?
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