Reader-Response Theory Texts - "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner (1930)

Emily Grierson did not appreciate being jilted by her fiancé. So she killed him and kept his corpse in her house for decades. Of course we want to read this story.

In what ways can readers interpret this story differently? For instance, do you read Miss Emily as a victim or a villain? Or is she both? 

What kind of an "implied reader" does Faulkner's story suggest? Do you think that the story implies a Southern American reader, for example? A reader who is a stranger to the town?