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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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1356
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School