Compare and contrast Ralph Ellison's view of the South in "Battle Royal" with William Faulkner's in "A Rose for Emily."

William Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily" and 's "," a
chapter from his novel  that is also sometimes excerpted as a short story
in literary anthologies, are both set in the South in the early-to-mid-twentieth century. The
characters, circumstances, and narrative voices are all quite different, but both share the
Southern setting and the theme of racial relations in the South. 

Faulkner's
"A Rose for Emily" describes a town legend named Miss Emily Grierson whose family was
once important, rich, and powerful in the Mississippi community in which the story is set. The
narrative voice is the voice of the town itself, a gossipy perspective that gets all of its
information from outside observation, rumor, and town history. The narrator does not actually
know Emily; they are not friends and probably not even acquaintances. However, because of the
Griersons' reputation, the town pays attention to Emily's life from the time she is a young
woman...