Emily, a Study in Change Throughout the story A Rose for Emily William Faulkner takes his readers on an emotional roller coaster in regards to their feelings toward the main character. ... Because Faulkner uses the narrator to tell us how the town felt of Emily we tend to form those same opinions of Emily. ... Faulkner chooses to introduce us to Emily through her death. ... As the narrator continues to remember and reflect on Emily's life and how she lived out the rest of her days behind closed doors with a single servant as her only contact to the outside world, our opinion of her...

• Word Count: 1870
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The past is seen in Miss Emily, Colonel Sartoris, the old Negro servant, and the Board of Alderman. ... "Faulkner's A Rose for Emily." ... "On A Rose for Emily". ... "A Rose for Emily." ... "A Rose for A Rose for Emily." ...

• Word Count: 1532
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• Grade Level: High School

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 ...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate