福克纳的这两篇具有代表意义的短篇小说《献给艾米丽的一朵玫瑰》和《干旱的九月》描写了当时的美国南方社会对女性思想和行为上的束缚和压制。这与正常女性内心的情感需求形成了巨大的冲突,因而产生了无法调和的矛盾,导致这两位女性主人公的行为出现了极度的偏差。 Faulkner’s two representative short stories, “A Rose for Emily,” and “Drought of September,” describe the then American southern society’s bondage and suppression of women’s thoughts and behavior. This formed a huge conflict with the emotional needs of normal women, resulting in an irreconcilable conflict that led to extreme deviations in the behavior of the two female protagonists.