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A Rose for Emily - Term Papers

A Rose for Emily

Ky Nhi Nguyen Le
Eng 1B
March 17, 2012
Response #1 Culture and Identity

"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner

"A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner tells the tale of Emily Grierson, a woman with a tragic life story. Emily was born to the aristocracy. Her family used to live in a great house in the best area of the town, but when her father died, he left her with nothing and the house, and the area deteriorated and she ended up with nothing. Her father was a very unpleasant man, who though no man in the area was worthy of marrying her, so when he died she was left alone, only with Tobe, her manservant as company. She then met the Yankee that came to town to pave the streets, ...

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understand the town life as if we lived there. This way we were able to understand how the people of Jefferson thought of her. I think if the story would have been told in first person, we would not have been able to relate to Miss Emily. If she would have been the narrator, we would have understood the story in a whole different manner. For instance the death of her father, the love she had for Homer, and how she felt the need for affection. Those ideas she would have kept to herself, if she were to have told the ...

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Added: 3/23/2012 01:15:08 PM
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