Both the town and Miss Emily herself, now looked upon Miss Emily as the only remnant of that greater time. This fact gives the reader an understanding of the mind set of the "town," who is narrating Miss Emily's story to us in a form resembling a gossip circle, where stories of various townspeople are pieced together and of Miss Emily, the protagonist who lived alone except for her lone servant. ... She is still trying to maintain the role of the southern women, dignified and proper while struggling There are several different symbolic subjects in this story such as the house, Miss Em...

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1 "A Rose for Emily" "A Rose for Emily", by William Faulkner, begins and ends with the death of Emily Grierson, the main character of the story. ... At first glance Emily seems like a lonely woman with little self-confidence and low self-esteem. Faulkner portrays Emily and her family with high statuses. In the story Faulkner's narrator comments that: "No one except an old man-servant a combined gardner and cook, has seen the house in at least ten years". Emily's father is responsible for her life as a recluse. ...

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How the North and South are represented in A Rose for Emily In the short story "A Rose for Emily" Faulkner symbolizes the north and south through two individual people. Miss Emily Grierson represents the south, and Mr. ... Miss Emily lived in a very old style house. ... He did not have servants like Miss Emily although he did have some blacks that worked for him. ... Homer also controlled Emily. ...

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There are several different symbolic subjects in this story such as the house, Miss Emily as a "monument," Homer and the "Yankee" views, and Miss Emily's old Negro servant who represents death in the story. ... Miss Emily used the servant to take her to get the arsenic in which she used to kill Homer Barron. ... The servant didn't have anything, but Miss Emily and he was her death, he waited until she died before he left. The servant had nothing of a better role than to play the death in the story since he was surrounded by it being the help of Miss Emily and living in the old hous...

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"A Rose for Emily" In William Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily", the use of gothic elements help to set the proper atmosphere needed to convince the reader that the story is possible. ... In any other writing style it would not be believable that the crimes of Emily would be unknown. ... No one knows why Emily will not leave her house, and why only her servant goes in and out. ... When Emily finally dies, the house is opened. Emily had been in love with Homer, but he was going to desert her. ...

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