In William Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily," the rose symbolizes many things

from love, to hate, to revenge, and her feeling of being neglected. Emily is living a sad

life. When she is growing up her father isolates her, and after his death, she is still sad and

miserable. Her father leaves her alone, completely alone, and "a pauper, she had become

humanized." The greatest thing that a rose can symbolize is love, and Emily finds her

"sweetheart" when the city contracts for the sidewalks to be paved one year after h

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Approximate Word count = 396
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)