Power and Love in "A Rose for Emily" One of the most frequently anthologized stories by William Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily," is the remarkable story of Emily Grierson, an aging spinster in Jefferson, whose death and funeral draws the attention of the entire town, "the men through sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity." The unnamed narrator, which can be identified as "the town," in a seemingly haphazard way relates key moments in Emily's life. In this story, Faulkner discusses the struggle for power relative to love. Emily believes that power and love are synonymous. The first part of ....

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