This essay will attempt to examine the character of Miss Emily, and the author William Faulkner. Faulkner uses language that creates the view of Emily as an institution. As early as in the first paragraph it states that Miss Emily was described as a "fallen monument." To some people, that would mean she fell off her rocker. Miss Emily kept her distance from the whole town. No one had ever seen inside her house until …showed first 75 words of 353 total…

…showed last 75 words of 353 total…it, the ability to close their eyes and almost see and smell everything that was taking place. The part that bothered me the most, and I am sure anyone reading it was when the silver gray hairs were found next to the body of her lover, of whom she had taken his life so that she would never have to worry about loosing him, as she did everyone else that was important in her life.