“A symbol has many meanings. It has a literal meaning and an additional meaning beyond the literal one. Symbolism has been used on many occasions. We tend to use symbolism in states. For example, Austin symbolizes Texas because it is our capital. The figures used in public toilets serve to show which one is for men and women. The people of the town are present at Miss Emily's funeral remembering events that happened while she was still alive. The mayor of the town had a great relationship with Emily's father and decided to stop billing Miss Emily taxes. As the years passed, the new generation arrived; they weren't happy with the deal so they went to her house to try to get her to pay them. Thirty years before the tax event, the townspeople complained about a horrible smell coming out of Emily's property. This occurred two years after her father's death and shortly after her lover, Homer Barron, disappeared from her life. They spread the lime and eventually the smell vanished. The story doubles down and says that Emily starts dating Homer Barron, who is a foreman. The town didn't think Miss Emily would take him seriously since the Griersons don't date northerners. They then call Emily's cousins ​​to visit her so they can convince her to break off the relationship. While the cousins ​​arrive, Homer leaves town, after they leave he returns. They later see Emily buying arsenic, rat poison and see her buying men's items and things with Homer's initials. They never saw anyone enter or leave that house other than Tobe. Her hair began to turn gray and she began to age. When Miss Emily died, they entered the house and opened the upstairs room. They were looking at the deep, gaunt gray... in the center of the card..." but the main one was the symbolism. Each character and object are all symbols of what Emily went through in her life to better understand the story. Works Cited • www.studymode.com/essays/symbols-in-a-rose-for-emily-462780.html • wwwhttp ://classiclit.about.com/od/roseforemilyfaulkner/f/a-rose-for-emily-gray- hair.html• Madisoncavell.wordpress.com• http://www.shmoop.com/a-rose-for -emily/lime-arsenic-symbol.html• http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/academic/ article/303795-a-rose-for-emily-rhetorical-analysis• http://www.sparknotes.com /short-stories/a-rose-for-emily/themes.html• http://www.shmoop. com/a-rose-for-emily/death-taxes-symbol.html• http://www.shmoop .com/a-rose-for-emily/house-symbol.html• http://www.shmoop. com/-a-rose-for-emily/pocket-watch-stationery-hair-symbol.html• http: //www.shmoop.com/a-rose-for-emily/homer-barron.html