She lives in her father's house in isolation with her Negro servant Tobe seemingly unaffected by time. ... Along with Miss Emily and her father the other main characters include Homer Barron, Miss Emily's servant Tobe, Colonel Sartoris, Judge Stevens, and Miss Emily's mentally ill great aunt Wyatt. ... The language of "A Rose for Emily- is descriptive as well as symbolic. ... The words the author chooses to describe the house and Emily coincide. ... The story caught the reader up to the point when Miss Emily expired. ...

• Word Count: 1389
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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
• Approx Pages: 6
• 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

Aylmer and Emily do have many similarities and differences. ... Aylmer and Emily have both proven to be a different breed of people. ... Emily was the same way in that she only cared about herself. ... "Aylmer is perhaps too serenely confident of himself and scornful of his servant to be aware of it, and Aminadab is in no position to assault the bastion of science which Aylmer represents (414)." ... He had pride in his own intelligence, and would not listen to others, much less a servant. ...

• Word Count: 2150
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

A Rose for Emily is another story focused around the gossip of one town focused around one character, Emily. Emily's past is described as being sheltered by her father and having no mother. ... Emily's suicide seemed most logical to those viewing the situation. ... Emily until her taxes were overdue. ... No one bothered Miss Emily, except her servant who quietly crept to and from her house, until neighbors stared complaining about the smell coming from her house. ...

• Word Count: 1764
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School