A_Rose_For_Emily

A Rose For Emily The most important element of a short story is the point of view. The point of view can make or break a character. It can also help the reader determine and understand the minds of the characters. In “ A Rose for Emily”, by William Faulkner, and “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allen Poe, the protagonists of the stories commit crimes that go virtually unpunished. In these stories the point of view helps the reader determine how much is known about the character’s motives, the basic circumstances of the crime, and how the characters justify the crime. One function of the point of view is to allow the readers a chance to see the motives of the murder. In “A Rose of Emily” a narrator, who is a minor character in the story, tells the story in first person. The narrator never knows the thoughts or feelings of Emily. So, like the townspeople in the short story, the readers are on the outside speculating what Emily is thinking. Because of the point of view that is in use, Emily’s motives are never clearly shown to the reader. The audience can only guess that because Homer “is not a marrying man” rose, emily, reader, view, point, emily, crime, story, homer, readers, never, montresor, knows, circumstances, stories, short, poe, narrator, motives, justify, fortunato, faulkner, crimes, cask, because, amontillado, very, person, participant, kill, keep, just, character, body