A Rose for Emily "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, is a story set back in post civil war era, in the Southern United States. I found this story quite alarming and really ended up feeling sorry for Miss Emily. Miss Emily Grierson was a disturbed, proud and lonely woman, growing up with only her father and a Negro man servant. ... Miss Emily was over thirty when her father died and left her all alone. ... I believe that Miss Emily was a round character. ...

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A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner is a short story in which it could see reflected the influence of the author's life. ... It begins with Miss Emily Grierson's funeral (the main character of the story), a southern lady who used to live with her slave an old man servant who was seen in the household in the last ten years. ... (Grant and Reid 2009) Once Emily's father died, Colonel Sartoris who used to be a major and Emily's father friend, invented a story in order to make Emily accept to be exempted of paying her taxes; he said that Emily's father had lent money to ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate