A Rose for Emily

Setting of the Story

The story, notified in five sections, opens in section one with an unnamed narrator describing the burial of Miss Emily Grierson. The narrator always refers to himself in collective pronouns; he is seen as being the voice of the mean civilian of the village of Jefferson. He notes that while the men join the burial out of responsibility, the women proceed mainly because no one has been inside Emily's house for years (Morton, pp. 5).

Point of View of the Story

Every story that a writer writes is followed or inspired by a particular theme. The ...