A Rose For Emily2

“The man himself lay in the bed” “A Rose for Emily” By William Faulkner Reading this atypical piece of work entitled “A Rose for Emily”, written by William Faulkner encourages a sense of thrill and stimulation within. Since Mr. Faulkner resided in Mississippi most of his writings reflect his home state, as does “A Rose for Emily”. The first person minor point of view is being told by the townspeople. The main character, Miss Emily, …

…the environment in which we are harvested from. I would also like to imply that it is impossible to kill without creating conditions for your own murder. Miss Emily may have thought that by administering the rat poison to Homer she would finally get and keep what she always wanted regardless of a beating heart. But in the end she was still alone from being victimized by her environment and that added to her decline.