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A Rose For Emily By William Fa

The story ulkner in my opinion was a very interesting story. The story was about a old and troubled woman named Emily Grierson who because of her father’s death had become one of the towns obligation’s and also one of it’s problems. Emily a very stubborn old lady who refused to pay her taxes because of a little tale that Colonel Sartoris who was the mayor at the time had told her. He told her that her father had lent the town some money and because of it in a way of paying her back all of her taxes were remitted. Faulkner portrayed Emily’s character to be very Stubborn and by the end made people think she was crazy. He develops this through many things but the main thing was by her actions ...

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and there was no recollection in the cities files of what he had told her. Because she had refused to send any money to pay her taxes an alderman had shown up at her door to settle the situation. When he told her she had to pay her taxes Emily simply said “I have no taxes in Jefferson.”(Faulkner, 142) The gentleman continued insisting that she pay her taxes. Emily believed so much that she was right that she continued to say “see Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson.” (Faulkner, 143) This was the first time Faulkner showed how stubborn Emily could be. She told the alderman to leave and that was the end of it. The second incident that showed Emily was stubborn and a little crazy was when she went to that pharmacy to buy some poison. “I want some poison” “I want the best you have. I don’t care what kind.” (Faulkner, 145) This gave me the impression that she was a little crazy and that it was possible that she was dangerous. It also showed me that she could be very ...

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Added: 2/10/2006 02:18:42 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
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