1 "A Rose for Emily" "A Rose for Emily", by William Faulkner, begins and ends with the death of Emily Grierson, the main character of the story. Throughout the story Faulkner gives hints that eventually lead up to the shocking revelation of Emily's character. Faulkner expresses the content of Emily's character through physical description, her actions and feelings, through the narrator's direct comments and about her and through the actions, words and feelings of other characters. Faulkner's central theme in the story ...

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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. ... The growth or change that Faulkner implements upon Emily is not really a change in her character at all. ... 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. ... Faulkner had established Emily and she had undergone no true change in the eyes of the readers thus far. ...

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A Rose for Emily: Characterization In the story A Rose for Emily William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily. ... Faulkner best uses characterization to examine the theme of the story, too much pride can end in homicidal madness. ... Faulkner characterizes Miss Emily's attempt to remove herself from society through her actions. ... Faulkner uses the feelings of other characters to show Miss Emily's pride. ... Faulkner's use of characterization to describe Miss Emily and her intentions was triumphant in bring the story to life. ...

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The Character of Emily In the story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, Miss Emily is the main character, the protagonist. ... When Miss Emily was thirty years old she appeared to be slender with haughty black eyes (Faulkner, 58). ... Emily Grierson had many notable traits. ... Miss Emily also had a lot of unusual or wretched traits. ... In reading "A Rose for Emily", one gets the idea that Emily is a bit odd when she does not give up her father's corpse. ...

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The notion that people take secrets to their grave could never be more untrue in A Rose for Emily. ... In The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne and William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily the main characters are in many ways similar and at the same time very different. William Faulkner is arguably one of the best authors of the twentieth century. ... By reading "A Rose for Emily", no one truly understands Emily's true thoughts and emotions, but rather only her thoughts and emotions as interpreted by the townspeople. ... (Faulkner 288)." ...

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In the southern gothic story, "A Rose for Emily," a member or members of the community tell the story of the sympathetic Miss Emily Grierson. ... In William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily", he characterizes Miss Emily as a proper southern woman who would do anything to fill the hole in her life after her father's death while averting the change around her. ... Faulkner paints her as a tradition and town monument (reprinted in Greg and Thomas R. ... The reader almost wants to reject this new insight on Miss Emily's actions as her father rejected al...

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In "A Rose for Emily" and "The Cask of Amontillado" both authors try to draw out sympathy from their audience for their main characters. Although Emily and Montresor are both equally murderous main characters, Emily is more of a sympathetic character. ... In William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," Emily Grierson is the main character responsible for the murder of her lover, Homer Barron. ... "People in town, remembering how old lady Wyatt, her great-aunt, had gone completely crazy at last," (Faulkner 130). ... She did that for three days, with the m...

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In both Alice Walker's story "The Flowers" and William Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily," the story's ending exemplifies the type of change that takes place in the main character. Myop, the protagonist of "The Flowers," undergoes a maturing, learning experience, while Emily, the protagonist of "A Rose for Emily," undergoes a physical change, solely passive. ... On the other hand, Emily is found dead with "A long strand of iron-gray hair." ... Emily's age change takes place because it is forced upon her. ... However, later the townspeople notice a difference in her: "Whe...

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