"A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner is told in the third person point of view. This
point of view does not allow us to get into the heads of the characters in the story which
makes these characters sort of limited. The narrator is never revealed so we are to assume
The essay takes place in a town called Jefferson. It begins by telling us that the
main character "Miss Emily Grierson" has died, and everyone in the town attends her
funeral. The men attended "through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument,
the women mostly out of the curiosity to see the inside of her house." Miss Emily's
family were the upper class of the town and were respected because her father had loaned
the town money. The essay then goes back to tell Miss Emily's life story, in which she
does many things that most people would consider to be crazy.
I found Emily to be a very headstrong and troubled lady. Miss Emily's absurd
reasoning for things was directly affected by the society in which she grew up. I think you
could describe her life as being tragic, one reason for this would be the death of her father.
Emily refused to believe her father had passed away and she told the town her was still
alive. She done this for three days before finally breaking down to have her father buried.
I guess Emily wasn't ready to deal with the fact that she was now alone. With the death
of her father, Emily had an empty space in her heart and became very withdrawn from
During the summer after her fathers death Emily became involved with a
construction worker by the name of Homer Barron. When Emily came to the conclusion
that Homer was going to abandon her she took a visit to the druggist. She requested
some poison and of course the town whispered that she was going to take her life. Really
Emily was planning the death of Homer, in which
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