William Faulkner’s “A Rose For Emily” is told through a pluralized first person point of view. The narrator is a peripheral observer, a basic representation of the entire community gossip, is in essence specifically indecipherable. Despite his ambiguity and lack of direct information, hearsay presents the facts accordingly so that the story can be followed and understood properly. The use of this omniscient narration, made up of a progressively changing town growing up with Miss Emily with changing ideas and perspectives, reflects the theme of times changing and society growing and not being able to accept it or let go of the past and traditions some are accustomed to.
Faulkner’s choice to tell the story through the eyes of the townspeople is categorized as limited omniscience. This all-knowing narration is heavily inundated with ‘we’ statements as opposed to ‘I’ statements. Another theme relation is the apparent character differences between the narrator and the main chara
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Faulkner chose to use this unconventional narration technique to contrast his main character and to present an unbiased insight. If Emily or any other specific character close to Emily had been used, the storyline would have been biased and a completely different
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The setting in William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily is highly significant to the themes, characters, and events of the short story. (791 3 )
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Falkner, W. (2000). A Rose for Emily. in Kennedy, XJ & Gioia, D. (2000). Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, 2nd Edition. (1193 5 )
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