... splits the town's perception of Emily along the lines of gender. While the men attend her funeral out ofa sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument,? the women attendmostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house.? Obviously, this paints the women as unsympathetic and nosey. But ... and her house. The symbolic relationship continues to develop in the second paragraph. Emily's house, once a grand Victorian home on a prominent street, has fallen into disrepair and sits alone among a row of unsightly gas pumps and garages. Emily, like her house is described as the end of ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: High School