A Rose For Emily New South Vs. Old
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William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" tells the story of a young woman who is violated
by her father's strict mentality. After being the only man in her life Emily's father died and she
found it difficult to let go. Emily was raised during the pre-civil war era. Like her father, Emily
possessed ....
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.... between new and old.
Emily personified a way of living, a society, that was slowly being dismissed. Examples
of her clinging to the old ways of the south are found everywhere. One example can be found in
this short excerpt from the story. "On the first of the year they mailed her a tax notice. February
came and there was no reply. They wrote her a formal letter asking her to call at the sheriff's
office at her convenience. A week later the mayor wrote her himself, offering to call ....
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