A Rose of Emily was a story told in the south. She was a young woman that lived with her father that was dominant and over protective. Miss. Emily was never allowed to date or see any other male. Her father passed away while they were eating lunch, and since she was never on her own she didn’t know what to do. Emily kept her father’s decomposed body for 3 days. When she was forced to give up his …show more content…
Miss. Emily herself is a symbol of a Fallen Monument. In her early years Emily was a beautiful women that every man wish they had. Years pass by and she went through a crises. when her father passed, after that she aged badly and went through some type of depression for being alone. In an article written by Nicole Smith the author says “Miss. Emily is like a fallen monument” he also states “people are afraid of her and have no idea how to approach her”. This shows how she was once a sparkling young woman that everyone wanted and now she is a different person and no one wants to be with her. She is also a symbol of the old south. Maria Magher writes an article explaining the type of symbolism in the story. She declares “Emily is a symbol of the old south, she resist change”. She never wanted anyone telling her what to do, she kept her old tradition and her own ways of doing things. Stubbornness …show more content…
Alienation was the symbol it showed. Sparknotes wrote “ the dust throughout Emily 's house is a fitting accomplishments to the faded lives within”. The inside of the house is getting older and dustier while the story progresses. Abrego6 Mental illness was a symbol for the house. Cliffsnotes stated the following “she secludes herself for six months, and when she next appears in a public, she is fat and her hair is pepper and salt iron-gray”. As Miss. Emily grows older, the house itself is growing old with her. Emily doesn 't clean the house and doesn 't do chores, so the house of course isn 't going to be clean. Death is one of the options of symbolism towards the house. Maria Magher says in an article she wrote “ as the story progresses the house becomes dirty, smelly, and foul”. The house is always dark except one light that 's always on, and that 's the light that gives everyone power to see emily just standing looking out. The house is a scary looking place for most people because they see no action going on. Most people think that the outside of the house is bad, when in reality the inside of the house is what makes the house be