A Homicide For Emily
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“A Rose for Emily” is a short intriguing story written by William Faulkner. This is because the way Emily’s character is portrayed, the mysterious death of Homer Barron, and the way Faulkner uses the narrator to tell the story.
Emily is portrayed as a woman who kept to herself th ....
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.... But Emily came to the door dressed in casual clothes and showed no signs of grief. The townspeople were about to resort to law enforcement when she finally broke down and told them that her father was dead. The townspeople did not believe she was crazy, even though they knew insanity ran in her family. They thought Emily did this because they remembered how the father drove all the young men away. Now she was a figure that could be pitied by the town, alone and penniless.
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Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
