Two of the greatest short stories written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries are still read by many people. The two stories are “A Rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner and “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant. Faulkner's book is about the life of a woman named Emily Grierson and the horrible secret she is hiding. The other book is about a materialistic woman named Mathilde Loisel who loses a fake necklace and discovers that it is a fake ten years later. Although these stories are written approximately fifty years apart and in two different countries, these two stories have many similarities and differences. “A Rose for Emily” and “The Necklace” are juxtaposed with the main characters, the use of symbolism in the title, and the tone used in two stories. The correlation between the two main characters is that they both have a man they love. Emily Grierson from "A Rose for Emily" has never married, but she has a man with whom she falls in love. His name is Homer Barron, a charismatic and brutal northerner who likes men. Jefferson City doesn't like it and most parties...