A Rose For Emily

Part I of Essay
People who read about William Faulkner (1897-1962) know that he did not lead an easy life. He had the bad habit to drink too much, but above all he was very lonely. In his short story "", the protagonist portrayal, Emily, becomes very important because it represents in some ....

Part II of Essay
.... ready to get rid of this burden ; but in some indescribable way they were tied by the last remnants of mystique that surrounded her. They found it impossible to directly confront her - to evict her for not paying taxes - to approach her about the awful stench coming from her house. Moreover, when she went to the drugstore and requested the best poison that exist, arsenic, the druggist asked her why she wanted this poison because " the law requires you to tell what you are going to use it for "(417). She did not answer to his question, but ....