The narrator says that the вЂњbody had apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace, but now the long sleep that outlasts love, that conquers even the grimace of love had cuckolded himвЂќ (Faulkner 736). In the dusty bridal tomb, the townspeople also found the decaying body of Homer Barron. After breaking down the door, the townspeople found the menвЂ™s toiletries set with the tarnished monogram initials of вЂњH.B.вЂќ that had stirred rumors of their marriage after Miss Emily had purchased them. For Emily, that rose was Homer Barron and she made him her eternal lover when she poisoned him. In another act of вЂ¦show more contentвЂ¦ The вЂњroseвЂќ in the title of вЂњA Rose for EmilyвЂќ is used as the well-known symbol of the love, lover, etc. Falkner also tells how Miss Emily does not pay taxes on her house, not even when she is ordered to do so by the authorities of Jefferson. Despite Miss EmilyвЂ™s family once being the townвЂ™s somewhat social-royalty, the speaker informs readers how Miss Emily as well as the townвЂ™s obligated niceties and duty to her began to change after her father died. Although the story is not told in chronological order, the five acts flow in such a way that the narrator is able to easily describe Miss EmilyвЂ™s character through her actions over several years in the southern town of Jefferson. Show More In a peculiar and intriguing short story called вЂњA Rose for Emily,вЂќ William Faulkner tells about a mysterious and reclusive woman named Emily Grierson.

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