What Does A Rose For Emily Grieron Symbolize

“A Rose for Emily” Symbolism The 1930’s Williams Faulkner short story “A Rose for Emily”, focuses on Miss Emily Grierson, who was presumably from a rich family. The story is told through a narrator, who is someone that also lives in Jefferson that is watching over. Emily Grierson was described by the narrator as being a monument but at the same time she was pitied and quite irritating because she demanded to live her life on her own terms. According to David Madden, Miss Emily's story is certainly bizarre, suspenseful, and mysterious enough to engage the reader's attention fully (Madden). The story takes place in the south of the United States and a time when women were dependent on men in their life. Emily was the remnant of the old south and the older generation. Emily was dependant on her rich father, and she never once was married . There are a few symbols of time throughout this story. When the readers first meet Miss …show more content…
What would a woman like Emily Grierson, who seems to us fixed in the past and oblivious to any passing of time, need with a watch (Schwab)? The pocketwatch that she kept for decades in her pocket symbolize that she was dwindling away as time went on and she would become less and less happy. Emily’s hair was also a symbol of time because it was shortened and turned grey as time went on. After Emily’s father died, she cut her hair in a shorter style which made her 30 year old self, look much younger. Her hair then turns grey after Homer disappears. This could symbolize that her sexuality is gone forever and so is her last chance to