The Role Of Her Father In William Faulkner's A Rose For Emily

In the story Emily lived with her father who was known as a greedy and powerful man. His scary nature is seen in a scene from the standpoint of the town her father demand her with his rules and kept her away from living a normal life. She wanted to date boys just like any other girl, but her father didn’t allow her to date because no one is good enough for Emily. Later in the story it is obvious that her father’s selfishness had a strong consequence on his daughter. He wanted to keep her for himself because he doesn’t want to be alone but this was transferred to Miss Emily. When her father died, Emily could not let go of him. Emily was in rejection, for three days she displayed no hope and discharged the doctors and ministers by stating that her father was still alive. “Emily cannot accept death as a natural progression, and she represents numerous southerners who could not accept that the South as they knew it was no more or soon on its way out” (Priddy, Anna). Emily’s actions after his death were odd, but to the townspeople they were usual and normal for someone like Emily knowing the relationship between her and her father. They understood her actions because her father was everything to her he was the only one left from her family. Emily 's actions after the death of her father and the way she was hang on to him even though he was died explain her action with Homer. After the death of her father, Emily …show more content…
"A Rose for Emily" is more than just a story and yet; her death represents the passing of a more well-mannered way of life. That is much more depressing than the remarkable scene of Homer 's rotten body. The loss of respect and courtesy is has a much greater influence on society than a construction worker who is always trying to change things. Generation after generation Miss Emily happily run away improvement by locking herself in her house the