In “A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner most often uses first-person plural perspective to make the reader feel like a part of the story. The frequent use of “we” also allows the narrator to describe the story’s events as if from the perspective of the entire town. Based on evidence from the text, the narrator appears to be a man. Throughout the story, they give bits of gossip from the townspeople or things the townspeople have done. While doing this, the narrator frequently uses “the ladies” to indicate that it particularly came from a group of women. I believe that the most likely narrator is Miss Emily’s servant, Tobe. Any time that Tobe is mentioned in the text (other than instances of dialogue), he is referred to as “the Negro”.
