1. CONSIDER NARRATION: How would the story change if Faulkner told the story himself, in his own voice, rather than through a narrator who is one of the townspeople?

2. CONSIDER SYMBOLISM: How is Emily's father a character symbol in the story?

3. TIME & SETTING: The story comments specifically on society in the post-Civil War South. What do you think the story has to say about society in general in that time?

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