Miss Emily the only child of her father and, the last generation of a big family ruined by the war. She brought up under control and care of her father. Mr. .Grierson reared Emily, he instilled in her his Old South values, manners, and customs. He also drove off all her New South suitors, presumably because they could not measure up to his Old South standards. Townspeople generally regarded Emily as haughty, a true daughter of Mr. Grierson , a proud ,southern aristocratic . As any child before the strict and serious father, Emily was very obedient and reserved. Besides she also showed the utmost respect for her father, although she had wonderful suitors and her father sent them away, she did nothing to stop it. …show more content…
Miss Emily herself chooses not to accept the fate of death and also not to accept live alone at age of thirty without a husband and even a single suitor she had.Therefore, she cannot accept the fact that he is now gone and she is alone The sudden death of mr.grierson causing her to be so afraid of being alone.” ……as is our custom Miss Emily met them at the door, dressed as usual and with no trace of grief on her face. She told them that her father was not dead. She did that for three days, with the ministers calling on her, and the doctors, trying to persuade her to let them dispose of the body.” She told them that her father was not dead” (F aulkner). This quote from A Rose for Emily clearly shows how Miss Emily tried to defy death by holding on to her father’ s corpse and treating it as if he were still living. She chooses to hold time and keep her father alive in a fantasy world made for herself. The death of her father constructed a mental milestone in her life in which she would continue to build upon in an unhealthy manner. , Emily clings to the controlling paternal figure whose denial and control became the only—yet extreme—form of love she knew .She gives up his body only reluctantly. However the ashes of her father got buried but Emily keeps him alive in her fantasy