In William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily, Emily is an older resident in her home town and the whole town goes to her funeral when she dies.  The town knew Emily was strange, but the elements of her secret and crazy life only began to truly unravel after her death.

A group of men go to see Emily on the matter that she owes taxes.  She tells them that she doesn't owe any taxes and vanquishes the men from her house.  Later some people begin to complain about a horrid smell coming from Emily's home.  Some men sneak into her yard and sprinkle lime around her house while she watches from a window.  Then you find out about Homer Barron, a guy she became interested in after her father's death.  Next you learn that Emily bought some arsenic from a druggist.  The man asks what the poison is for and a few lines later you learn that the poison is for rats. 

Homer wasn't the type of man to marry.  He said he liked men and he hang out and drank with the younger men.  The people all thought Emily had killed herself at first, but came to find out she was still alive and never had a second thought.  Everyone assumed that Mr. Barron had left because his work was done.    All of these elements, including her death make up the rising action of the story. 

When a few people go to Emily's house and see Homer dead in her bed, the climax occurs.  Then, the people see her indention in the bed next to his body and find a long strand of iron-gray hair.  This is the resolution.  At this point the people have learned the whole story and put everything together, and are finally able to step into Emily's twisted world.