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The Importance of Time in "A Rose for Emily"
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The Importance of Time in "A Rose for Emily" In "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, the author gives the reader a finished puzzle, and then allows the reader to put the pieces together and examine the puzzle piece by piece. George L. Dillon writes, "it seems possible to establish a chronology of the story that orders all of its major incidents, though it is very difficult to do so" (551) refering to Faulkner's style of randomizing the events of Miss Emily's life. By doing so, he uses the element of time to enhance the details of setting and Miss Emily's life. Faulkner begins the story with Miss Emily's funeral, where the men see her as a "fallen monument" and the women are anxious to see the inside of her house. The house is set on what had once been the most select street. The narrator describes the house as...
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