A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner is a short story in which it could see reflected the influence of the author's life. ... Since there is a connection between "A Rose for Emily" story and the Author, the author's biography is going to be briefly reviewed in this work. ... A Rose for Emily was published in 1931; according to the text, this story takes place in a town called Town of Jefferson who seems to be fictional, a town created by the author with some characteristics of the real Mississippi Town of Oxford where Faulkner grew up. ... (Grant and Reid 2009) Once Emily...

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In William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily, there is an elderly woman who appears to have developed some psychological issues as well. The main character of the story, Emily Grierson, was raised by her father, who was a very controlling man; he chased away all of her potential suitors when she was young because they were not wealthy enough; the irony being that her family had lost their money and were no longer as highly regarded as they once were. ... These two instances of Emily Grierson keeping these bodies implies that she is a necrophiliac; a mental illness that cost Homer Barron his lif...

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