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Rising and Falling Action in A Rose for Emily

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This story begins with a resolution that lies in the first paragraph that tells about the funeral of Miss Emily Grierson, once well-known as the daughter of a noble Negro in the neighborhood that no one understood. People came to her funeral, some out of respect and some out of deep curiosity. Her house was the last-standing monument of that time, contrast to the modern environment among it. And now Miss Emily has joined the other nobles' tomb, as highly as the soldiers of Jefferson resting place. This is stated as the resolution because it describes the ending of the story, but in this case was brought up to the beginning of the story. The ending of the story is the fact of Miss Emily's death that has been symbolized by the funeral and the memorial service not about her youth, as like in conventional stories should begin. This story used the flashback order. The exposition begins in the scene where Miss Emily was still young and alive. Colonel Sartoris took advantage of Miss Emily's grief due to the death of her father to collect taxes of hers that he claimed was indebted by her late father. This false accusation was believed throughout the neighborhood till the scene where Mr. Grierson, Emily's father died. Mr. Grierson was a strict and hard to please kind of father. He scared off any men that intended to ask Emily's hand for marriage that didn't and till his last breath suited his expectations. Mr. Grierson's upbringing had a strong effect on Emily that for three days she didn't want to admit the death of her father till the third day his body was finally buried. This is stated as the exposition because it presents the basic information that introduces the major characters and the setting. The major characters are Miss Emily, a mysterious and weird black noble lady, Mr. Grierson, a strict yet noble man, and Colonel Sartoris, a cunning mayor with his strong beliefs. The setting is in the Grierson's household where the representatives

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