In "A Rose for Emily," by William Faulkner, the use of thoroughly distributed symbolism reveals the plot of the whole action. The story speaks of the state of sociological transformation in the South. Faulkner reveals the inharmony between the former and contemporary south, and depicts the inherited reluctance to change through his main character, Emily and her physical appearance, as a representative of the obsolete older society; on the contrary, the changing order has been being depicted by her death.
Miss Emily is a "fallen monument" (245) of southern values and aristocracy; this southern legacy is expressed by her behavior. She is a monument because of her association to an elite southern family, which is a representative of southern customs and heritage. Her implacability and die-hard demeanor are very strong characteristics of the traditional South as she belongs to the gentry, and was brought up in a totalitarian environment. She rarely mixes with the people of......
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