The symbols of wealth are apparent throughout the story. Most notably, Emily is fat, which in the 19th century often denoted wealth, as eating well was a privilege enjoyed strictly by those who had money. Perhaps a stronger symbol, however, is Emily's house. Faulkner describes the house as "a big squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street." Faulkner continues, "Only Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps" (26-27). Here, Faulkner shows the Old South as a dead civilization, and he suggests that Miss Emily is indeed its personification. The description of the house as squarish an

With the death of Miss Emily also came the death of the Old South, and the beginning of the new. Even though the newer generation did not understand Miss Emily's ways they respected her. They thought of her as a part of their history. Everything about Miss Emily reflected the Old South. Many people of the community never talked to her or even bothered to visit, but when she was buried the entire community came to say farewell. Many were not there to say farewell or goodbye to Miss Emily, but to say goodbye to a part of their history. They were saying goodbye to a part of their history that many of them had not thought about or had forgotten. Unlike many who had forgotten the Old South, Miss Emily remembered and stood by its ways her entire life. As the Old South decayed so did Miss Emily and with her death also came the death of the Old South.

Unfortunately, slavery was the means by which the upper classes achieved this wealth, and is represented in the story by the presence of the servant. The black servant conducts himself like a slave for almost the entire story. He is at Miss Emily's beck and call, answering the door, cooking, and running errands. Of course, we realize this loyalty is merely a front

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)