A Flower Frozen In Time: A Rose For Emily William Faulkners story A Rose For Emily, is a tragic story about a young lady by the name of Miss Emily Grierson. Emily came from a well to do family, that had allot of history in the town they lived in. The Grierson’s were so powerful, that they did not have to pay any taxes. The whole town seemed to think that the Grierson’s …showed first 75 words of 584 total…

…showed last 75 words of 584 total…because it helped me to project an image of Emily. The foreshadowing given to me about the murder of Homer, made me laugh. I did not notice the foreshadowing until I read about the discovery of Homers body. I really enjoyed reading this story. A Rose For Emily, by William Faulkner, ended up being a story about a woman who did not let herself become an old maid. Emily kept her Homer with her forever.