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In "A Rose for Emily," who returns to hold Miss Emily's funeral?

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In "A Rose for Emily," Miss Emily's funeral is held by her two female cousins from Alabama. Although estranged from Emily's family due to a previous falling out, these cousins are called upon to manage the funeral arrangements. The entire town attends the funeral, reflecting the complex relationship between Emily and the community. The cousins had also been involved earlier in the story when the townspeople sought their intervention in Emily's life.

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"A Rose for Emily" centers on Emily Grierson, an esoteric and guarded old woman who lived an insular existence in a small Southern town. The story begins with her funeral, which has become the town's burden to handle, and then flashes back to her life.

The townsfolk find Emily strange and disapprove of the idea of her dating Northerner Homer Barron. They call in her two female cousins from Alabama, who have been estranged from Emily's family and remain unnamed in the story, to prevent the courtship.

However, the cousins are even more staid and stodgy than Emily, and when the townsfolk decide they'd rather see Emily and Homer together than further deal with the cousins, they send the cousins home.

Yet it is these same two cousins that are again called upon to hold the funeral upon Emily's death. Two days after their arrival, the funeral takes place and the entire town attends.

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In the William Faulkner short story, "A Rose for Emily," the two female cousins were the ones to bury Miss Emily. This is not surprising because even though there had been a falling out among the family

 and there was no communication between the two families. They had not even been represented at the funeral...

These ladies keep popping up to handle Miss Emily. They were sent for when the ladies of the church thought Miss Emily's sinful behavior warranted intervention. So the ladies were visiting when Miss Emily bought the arsenic, but at this point the people of the town felt a little sorry for Miss Emily because.

the two female cousins were even more Grierson than Miss Emily had ever been.

Be that as it may, it was these ladies who

came at once. They held the funeral on the second day.

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