Rose For Emily Symbolism

Most readers of Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily” would agree that its meaning is somehow connected with the motive which prompts Emily Grierson to poison her lover and conceal his corpse from the public for some forty years ( 1). The short story covers approximately three-quarters of a century; starting with the birth of Emily Grierson taking place around the Civil War and ending with her death in the late 1920’s - 1930’s (2). In “A Rose for Emily” Faulkner uses many instances that relate to his own life experiences from his childhood on into his adult years. Many Scenes in the story relate heavily to Faulkner as he has scavenged his own past for ideas to use in “A Rose for Emily. Faulkner uses symbolism throughout the story in many different aspects that relate to what has happened to Miss Emily and why she is the way she is. I think we can gather from Miss Emily’s life experiences, and many symbols in the story that the theme could be to “Preserve the past” which Miss Emily never seems to do.
I think that the characteristics of Miss Emily are very much the characteristics of Faulkner, as it has been said: that as a teenager Faulkner was known for being observational to the point of oddness. Sometimes Faulkner would join the old men of Oxford on the town square… there he sat or
There were many scenes in “A Rose for Emily” that closely relate to Faulkner’s life. I think Faulkner’s main idea for symbolism is Miss Emily, her actions, and her home. All three have played the main role in symbolizing what Faulkner was trying to point out. All the events in the story in my option point to the meaning to be to preserve Miss Emily’s past with Homer Barron. I think Miss Emily was afraid that she was going to lose him and rather that happen she would just live with his corpse for some forty years until her