In the story “A rose for Emily,” symbolisms demonstrate an immense relation to the theme of the story by the author, William Faulkner. Symbolisms help to indicate several meanings in the story including: how her hair helps to show her resistance to change, how she could not get away form her father’s control even after his death, and how the room where Homer died shows that she loved Homer and her desire to stop …showed first 75 words of 565 total…

…showed last 75 words of 565 total…the meaning for the story defend on his level, and therefore, each time the story is read it can take on a new form. Which will make the story last forever. “She told them that her father was not dead. She did that for three days.”(p83) “her hair was cut short, making her look like a girl, with a vague resemblance to those angels in colored church windows sort of tragic and serene.”(p83)