The Representation of Miss Emily as an Extended Metaphor in Faulkner’s

The Representation of Miss Emily as an Extended Metaphor in Faulkners A Rose for EmilyThe short story, A Rose for Emily, took congeal in the southern town of Jefferson sometime in the beginning of the 20th century. One could say that Miss Emily lived and died under certain circumstances that could liken to how the Confederacy lived and died as a result of the Civil War. Miss Emily could contain an extended metaphor for the Old South and its traditions and customs. Faulkner wrote her character and her appearance, the town, her relationship with the world, and scour her home, to reflect the social background of the Old South, as defined as the time period between the Colonial Era and Reconstruction. Emily is a individual that with her growing age she has been able set into the way...