'Til Death Do Us Part
By Aaron Jones & Gina Ranalli
When Addie was placed into her coffin, she was placed upside down because of the flare on her wedding dress. Above is an image of what her dress could have looked like. Being a poor, Southern woman of the 1920s, Addie's dress would have been very plain and conservative. A flared dress has extra fabric in the back to give it a flared look, as seen. In a way each time Addie had the dress on she experienced death. The first time was her marriage with Anse, which she eventually began to detest, saying "I knew that living was terrible" (Faulkner 171). The second death, of course, was her actual, physical death. The blandness of Addie's dress could, in some way, not only be representative of the time period and her wealth, but also of the emotion that was surrounded her marriage (emotional death), as well as the grief truly shown by some of her family upon her physical death.
References:
"Addie In Her Wedding Gown." Searshomes.org. 1896. Sears Modern Homes. Web. 7 December 2014. <http://www.searshomes.org/index.php/2012/02/>
References:
"Addie In Her Wedding Gown." Searshomes.org. 1896. Sears Modern Homes. Web. 7 December 2014. <http://www.searshomes.org/index.php/2012/02/>