While analyzing the short story "A Rose for Emily", by William Faulkner, the character of Emily Grierson stood out for me. This character is extremely complex and can be analyzed through many different perspectives. Some of these perspectives include social, feminist, and historical. Throughout this meta-analysis, I will describe in detail my reasoning or my fictional social media page about Emily Grierson. To understand the character of Emily Grierson I had to first review the short story. The story is about an old spinster, Miss Emily Grierson, who never could find a husband. Her father had pusher all viable suitors away until the day he died. Finally, she finds a viable beau, Homer Barron, and the townspeople are thankful that she found
