... three days (immediately after his death). Furthermore, she keeps an old " crayon portrait of [her dead] father" (Faulkner 37) in her living room. Therefore, she is unable to move on and forget her father, who represents the past. Thus, Emily's unwillingness to forget her past, and her ... , represents the lack of temporal progression. Indeed, while the entire neighborhood changes physically, Emily's house, which once was " big, squarish white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies- (Faulkner 37), remains the same and eventually becomes old and dusty as time goes by. Th...

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