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'A Rose For Emily And Not A Rose For Miss Emily'

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I think this story is called “A Rose for Emily” and not A Rose for Miss Emily because it was written after she died. Everyone was scared of Emily, which is why they respected her, and wanted to stay out her business. Adding “miss’ to a person's name makes it feel much more formal and it makes it sound like a person respects another person. After she dies, people are no longer scared of her, so the amount of respect she gets goes down. That is why the title does not have “miss” in it. When I read the story, at first I did feel sorry for Emily, but as they story continued I began to pity her less. Even though she had a difficult life, she could have turned it around. She was given her father's house, she had a servant and she had no taxes to

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