Redundancy is also an excellent tool used by authors to help add emphasis towards a certain aspect of a story. In A Rose for Emily, William Faulkner uses redundancy in the way that he uses repetition to add importance to a certain part of the story. The author writes, “I have no taxes in Jefferson” four times in the one paragraph to add importance and emphasis to it. Emily, repeats these words while speaking to the member of the Board of Aldermen member, making the reader realize that to her this is an argument worth winning, by repeating this statement, the reader is aware that this is an important aspect to the story and that they should keep this in mind while reading the story since, it plays a role in the progression of the plot.
