point of view does not allow us to get into the heads of the characters in the story which

makes these characters sort of limited. The narrator is never revealed so we are to assume

The essay takes place in a town called Jefferson. It begins by telling us that the

main character "Miss Emily Grierson" has died, and everyone in the town attends her

funeral. The men attended "through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument,

the women mostly out of the curiosity to see the inside of her house." Miss Emily's

family were the upper class of the town and were respected because her father had loaned

the town money. The essay then goes back to tell Miss Emily's life story, in which she

does many things that most people would consider to be crazy.

I found Emily to be a very headstrong and troubled lady. Miss Emily's absurd

reasoning for things was directly affected by the society in which she grew up. I think you

construction worker by the name of Homer Barron. When Emily came to the conclusion

of her father, Emily had an empty space in her heart and became very withdrawn from

some poison and of course the town whispered that she was going to take her life. Really

During the summer after her fathers death Emily became involved with a

ribe her life as being tragic, one reason for this would be the death of her father.

Jefferson. It had been talked about throughout the town that Colonel Sartoris had

Some common words found in the essay are:
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Approximate Word count = 721
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)