A Rose For Emily is a story that began when Ms. Emily was just a child. During that time the, as a favor to her father, Colonel Sartoris remitted their taxes. This was an agreement that was to continue from that point on. As the years went on and town leaders changed, they began to question Ms. Emily’s delinquent tax bill. By this time Ms. Emily was further along in age and set in her ways. She refused to pay her taxes. The town leaders didn’t bother her again. Eventually Ms. Emily met a man, Homer Barron, that she enjoyed spending time with. So much so, that they spent all of their time in her home and no one ever saw or heard from Homer again. After Ms. Emily’s death we discovered that Homer had died, and Ms. Emily loved him so much she didn’t wanted to keep his remains in the very bed in which he passed.

Ms. Emily was a woman who thought more highly of herself than she should have, “the Griersons held themselves a

Its clear that the society in which a character is place definitely plays a part in the personality and behavior of that character. In “A Rose For Emily” the main character, Ms. Emily, lived in the south during a strong period of classism. This was instrumental in Ms. Emily’s behavior. Her father received favortism from town officials concerning his taxes and knowing this caused Ms. Emily to think she was “above the law” in a sense. Throughout the story Ms. Emily had several experiences that caused her pain or some sort of disappointment. These experiences shaped the way she behaved within the community. Experiences such as: her father’s death, loosing her “sweetheart”, and remaining single even at age thirty (which was not postive during the time in which Ms. Emily lived.) However, despite her behavior towards others and the emotionally challenging life she lead, her neighbors still left “A Rose for Emily”.

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