Emily’s father, her inability to accept the changing times, her hold on loved ones and the importance of tradition and reputation, held Emily in the past and left her with nothing but dust in her final years. The readers of “A Rose for Emily” are left feeling sympathy and compassion for a woman who was never able to conform with the world and who became twisted and crazed as she continually held onto the
Emily’s father, her inability to accept the changing times, her hold on loved ones and the importance of tradition and reputation, held Emily in the past and left her with nothing but dust in her final years. The readers of “A Rose for Emily” are left feeling sympathy and compassion for a woman who was never able to conform with the world and who became twisted and crazed as she continually held onto the