Rose For Emily
... Gross ENG 112 January 30, 2004 “A Rose for Emily”: Strange Behaviors A Rose for Emily is a story about a woman who kept the town that she lived in filled with curiosity and gossip. Miss Emily Grierson had strange ways of living life and even more so when it came to the men in her life. ... I believe that there was something wrong with Miss Emily because if she acted that way and did the things she did then—now, she would be placed in a mental institution for evaluation. ... Miss Emily’s insanity may have increased slowly as she grew older and gave severity when her father passed. Miss Emily’s bizarre behavior shows “When her father died…she told (the towns’ people) that her father was not dead (and) did that for three days (94).