First, Miss Emily’s father, a selfish and dominating man, whose love was protective, thought that none of the young men was good enough

Finally, in conclusion, “Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, a care, sort of heredity obligation upon the town”(29). The town saw her as an icon, a piece of history, and failed to accept her as a simple neighbor or friend. Meanwhile, Miss Emily Grierson did not crumble under pressures exerted upon her; she did not give in. She was not pitied. She led an idle and useless life. Therefore, she was driven to criminal acts in desperate attempts to find love.

Miss Emily’s large Southern Victorian house also showed her resistance to change. “The stubborn and coquettish decay”(28) of the mansions exterior, the dark shadows that pervaded its interior, and the persistent dust are some of the signs of the ever presence of death.

Emily Grierson held tight to her family’s past. A good example is when the re

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