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A Rose For Emily Point Of View Analysis

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1) The point of view of "A Rose for Emily" is given by the townspeople. It changes from the perspective of the ladies, to the men of Jefferson, and both of them. Everyone in the town is always curious to how Emily is and her relationships day-to-day. The story states, "When she had first begun to be seen with Homer Barron, we had said, "She will marry him" (Faulkner), which shows how the people of Jefferson watch Ms. Emily with a hawks eye. This perspective of different groups rather than just one person shows that many people in the town thought the same of Ms. Emily. The amount of truth could be changed though with this perspective, it could be biased based off of general belief but without the thoughts of Homer Barron, the negro servant,

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