The Southern Gothic and William Faulkner : Solution Essays
In the first paragraph of the story, we see that Faulkner uses a first person plural narrator. Why do you think Faulkner prefers this? How does this affect your understanding of the story? Why is Miss Emily Grierson described as “a fallen monument”? What could Miss Emily’s house represent? Comment on the narrator’s description of the house in the first and the fifth paragraphs. […]