I remember teaching a short story class in college when I was a grad assistant. We were doing “A Rose For Emily” by Faulkner. You should have seen the class wake up when they realized that Emily had been sleeping with a corpse for years!
I’ll bet those students never forgot that short story.
OMG I remember having to read that story for a literature clep. I hate that story......it gave me mental images that could never be forgotten.