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How does Faulkner direct and shape the reader’s reaction’s to the story? Faulkner takes advantage of flashbacks while he is constructing his narrative in order to accomplish a great effect of suspense. First, the narrator presents some fictional facts that provide verisimilitude to the short story. The narrative starts when Miss Emily dies. Then the narrator, which is a third person one, introduces the community’s readings of Miss Emily, also talking about …

…story), ironically that is a color that suggests love and hope. However, the rose inside the room was faded just as the love and hope of Miss Emily were. The hair that was found beside the body of Homer Baron suggested Miss Emily kept visiting her particular time frozen bridal suite, maybe sleeping beside her lover. To conclude, it was explained why she had abdicated from the outside life, she had symbolic married with death.