"A Rose for Emily"

The story begins with all the townspeople paying their respects at the funeral of Emily Grierson. The entire town attended, however, as is happens, she was far from beloved. Born into a prominent and wealthy family there seemed to be much distain for Emily, particularly from the women in town. The story is told by one of these townspeople. Perhaps this person was as oblivious to how Emily’s story would end as the reader. Her story ends, by the way, when the town discovers the body of Emily’s ex-lover, thought to have left town many years before. Judging by how hard she took the death of her father, I think Emily committed murder out of fear of being abandoned once again. A Rose for Emily is a deceptively clever story about a woman who was known to many yet led a lonely existence and held a terrible secret until her passing.