... the table of contents of most academic collections of fictional American Literature, you are likely to find a listing for William Faulkner's short story,A Rose for Emily.? While the popular appeal of this story may be based on its non-linear timeline and morbid climax, its lasting significance is ... this attitude is interesting. After informing us Emily has died, the narrator tells usthe whole town went to her funeral.? Immediately, several questions and assumptions about Emily run through the reader's mind. One would assume only a prominent or well-loved member of a community would gar...

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