Study Guide

A Rose for Emily Characters

By William Faulkner

Miss Emily is an old-school Southern belle trapped by a society bent on forcing her to stay in...

Miss Emily is a tragic figure...but there's no one in "A Rose For Emily" that takes the gold...

Here's what we know for sure about Homer Barron: #1. Miss Emily kills him with rat poison....

We're going to let Faulkner himself take the mic on the character of Emily's father:In this case...

The Colonel is the guy who initially dreamed up the scheme to relieve Emily of her tax...

Judge Stevens gets one of the best lines in the story:"Dammit, sir, will you accuse a lady to her...

Old lady Wyatt is Emily's great-aunt (on her father's side, we believe). Before her death,...

The town thinks Miss Emily's "two female cousins are even more Grierson than Miss Emily had ever...