A Rose For Emily By William Faulkner
“ A Rose for Emily ”, a gothic story, opens with the townspeople reacting in awe over Miss Emily Grierson's death, post which the story travels in flashback. The entire story is narrated from the townspeople point of view and not in Emily’s purview. Emily, a burden for the people, was send a notice for the due taxes. She sends a note in an old handwriting/archaic shape, mentioning, that she doesn’t go out anywhere anymore! Emily is domineering and menacing. The town calls for a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen, to figure out what to do with the lady not paying her taxes. She downrightly and sternly refuses to take the ownership of the due taxes, and sends them back. The people had issue with her smell , they complained about it to the leaders, but not wating to argue with the intimidating Emily, they take care of the smell on their own, by sprinkling lime in the house. Emily had a very protective controlling father (like father, like daughter! 😊 ), and he ...