The town people, the collective voice acting as the narrator, play a role in Miss Emily’s isolation and depression. The town people were recorders of what Emily had gone through. And they acted as the narrator telling us what had happened. However, they were also impersonal bystanders who never tried to help Emily out of trap. For example, at the beginning of the story,
when the town people came to Emily’s funeral, “the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside” (Faulkner 99). When Emily was alive, they couldn't get the chance of going into the house. After her death, they could finally satisfy their curiosity. However, attending to a funeral out of curiosity was a lack of respect for the deceased. From the glance of these sentences,
when the town people came to Emily’s funeral, “the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside” (Faulkner 99). When Emily was alive, they couldn't get the chance of going into the house. After her death, they could finally satisfy their curiosity. However, attending to a funeral out of curiosity was a lack of respect for the deceased. From the glance of these sentences,