A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner is without a doubt a storythat is about the human heart in conflict with itself. Faulkner’s short storyreally focuses on the emptiness and the loneliness of people’s lives. It alsofocuses on the constant changes that took place during the time period it waswritten that humans just could not control. And, due to those changes, peoplehave been able to connect their past memories to surviving their very own fate.A Rose for Emily is mainly aboutholding on to your past and the memories that come from it.
William Faulkner’scharacters in his short story try really hard to hold onto the past becausethey are unable to let go and move on. This story is symbolic to the characterof Emily Grierson because the inside stories of the past revert back to herprevious years. The rose acts as a symbol of life and death or love and hate.It can be either one. The rose puts emphasis on how such great beauty can bedestroyed by minimal lack of love. I believe that the meaning of the rose issupposed to be play a role in the mind and the heart of a human’s soul. It isalso meant to mix together the emotions of that you want to keep with you.Although that rose is what connects the present to a person’s past memories.
EmilyGrierson’s character went through a lot and has a pretty rough past. She wastaught and raised with the belief that nobody, man or woman, was good enough tobe with her. Following her father’s death, she became the controller of thetown. Emily died alone in her house, which upset the town. The townspeopleloved Emily, and mourned her death with the rose.
William Faulkner’s shortstory, A Rose for Emily is filledwith signs that lead it to be a work that deals with the conflict a human andtheir heart.