"Respectful affection for a fallen monument" (Faulkner 145). Miss Emily was a lady who represented the pure essence of Southern refinement. This idol could not be understood or related, but simply supported without doubt. His lifestyle was not one of struggle but one of status. She was lost in her own present reality, still like a rose frozen in time. This woman, delicate flower of the community, was lost in her own perception and belief of the world. Emily received unasked compassion due to her label and status as a woman which ultimately contributed to her own destruction. "Emily is exempt from the general indictment because she is a real lady, that is to say, eccentric, slightly crazy, obsolete, a "stubborn and flirtatious decadence", absurd but indulgent; "dear , inescapable, impervious, quiet and perverse”; indeed, anything and everything but human” (Fetterley 195, one must have a certain character. No amount of decadence can tarnish that). role or character, unless you want to remove yourself from the consistent status presented to you Emily was a true embodiment representing the scale that came from classism, however, engulfed women and drove innocence to. death in life itself This immortal figure was a constant shadow that hung over an area of ​​confusion and tradition A tradition that allowed Emily to sink deeper into the abyss of retirement and unconsciousness. until reality is seen as a complete dream, filled with madness. In the eyes of the community, Emily's life was a normal progression, but no one really knows the truth behind what lies beneath. doors. "No one sees Emily. And because no one sees her, she can literally get away with murder" (Fetterley 195). How sho...... middle of paper...... was obvious given that she died when her father or controller died in the future, leaving Emily to fend for herself in the present or live in the past . Works Cited Brooks, Cleanth. “On a rose for Emily”. Literature for composition. Ed. Sylvain Barnett. New York: Harper College, 1989. 190-191. "Reviews for A Rose for Emily". Literature for composition. Ed. Sylvain Barnett. New York: HarperCollege, 1989. 189-190. Faulkner, William. “A rose for Emily”. The Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed. Carl E. Bain. New York: WW Norton and Company, 1995. 145-150. Fetterley, Judith. “A rose for a rose for Emily”. Literature for composition. Ed. Sylvain Barnett. NewYork: Harper College, 1989. 193-196.West, Ray B. Jr. "Atmosphere and Theme in A Rose for Emily." Readings on William Faulkner. Ed.Bruno Leone. San Diego: Greensboro Press, 1991. 65-73.