Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral, the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women,mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house" (Faulkner 30), which implies that the men had an affection for Miss Emily, but the women seem to just be curious about her lifestyle.
Here we see a contrast between the feelings of the men and women in the town, giving us a clue
that something is "up" with the plot of the story.
Emily has a "mystery" about her from the very beginning. He further gives us clues with the "smell", but throws us off by giving us the town's women's assumption that, "Just as if a man--any man-could keep a kitchen properly" (Faulkner 30). He also gives us more clues by telling us about how she refused to acknowledge the death of her father and passes off her "craziness
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