Rose for Emily chronicles the life of a woman named Emily Grierson as narrated by the people in her town. The short story by William Faulkner focuses on the character itself, and Faulkner used the townsfolk as his 'eye' in characterizing and describing Emily to the readers. The voice that narrates in the short story is but a representation of the people's collective sentiments for Miss Emily. In the story, Emily was characterized as a very private, stubborn woman, a woman who once belonged to a noble, rich family of the South, and who experienced her downfall after her father died, leaving her alone with her faithful Negro servant. Throughout the story, the narrator tells us the various issues that became the center of everybody's attention in Emily's small town. The gradual decrease of the flow of income in Emily's household, the deteriorating state of her house, and the deterioration...
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