Miss Emily Grierson presented herself as an old southern grand lady in face of the drastic change of time. She has attempted to keep the respectability of social class her father has earned. In fact, she was mentally fragile and does not want to face the reality. For so long, she kept herself from the outside world and has gradually formed twisted psyches. Her memory still lingered in the days of the past, when her father has kept the wide plantation. She tended to comply with the rules set by her father. Emily did not learn how to adapt to the new condition. She still maintained to follow the conventional manners of conduct in the south. The conventional rules and codes were like the invisible and countless shackles for her. Thus she rejected
