This document summarizes the short story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. It provides details on the characters, setting, plot, themes, and point of view. The main character is Emily Grierson, a woman isolated by her father in a creepy old house in Mississippi. The plot involves Emily refusing to pay taxes to the town after her father's death. It is ultimately revealed that Emily was insane and had Homer Barron's rotting corpse in her home after killing him.