Although the two share similarities, William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" varies greatly from a typical gothic murder mystery. A typical gothic murder mystery immediately acknowledges a murder and it is then the reader's job to figure out who committed it. In "A Rose for Emily", the reader is not even aware of a murder until the end of the story; it is then the reader's job to figure out what actually went on in the story. Because it is not written in chronological order, like a typical gothic murder mystery, it keeps the reader in suspense until the end. "A Rose for Emily" is more a story of love and the insanity it can bring than it is a murder mystery.
The first aspect that sets "A Rose for Emily" apart from traditional gothic literature is that the story is narrated in first person plural. Traditional gothic literature is commonly written in first person singular primarily because the main thing the story needs is a narrator giving the clues to the murder. The point of......
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