“A Rose for Emily” is a short story written by William Faulkner. The story is set in Jefferson, Mississippi, in a county by the name of “Yoknapatawapha.” The narrative centers around a woman named Emily Grierson, who cannot seem to move on with life after her father’s death. She loses her drive to keep maintain the beautiful house she willed by her father, as well as herself. The protagonists in the story are Emily Grierson, the daughter of Mr. Gierson, homer Barron, Emily’s scandalous choice of a mate, the board of Aldermen, men sent to Emily’s house regarding her taxes, colonel Sartoris, the previous towns’ Mayor, and Tobe, the house servant. After Miss Emily’s father dies, she has a hard time moving on, which leads her into locking herself in her house, making the townspeople suspicious and worry some. The only people seen coming in and out of Miss Emily’s house are Tobe and Homer Barron throughout a majority of the story. The story starts off as if the author wanted the reader to jump to conclusions. Starting off with Miss Emily’s death, then continuing to tell the story back when Emily is alive. Miss Emily has a consistent struggle between the past and the present; she simply cannot let go of her past, which causes problems in her future and leads into going mad. Some problems she is facing are isolation, and the struggle to fit in with the stereotypical southern woman in past eras. In order to convey this theme Faulkner uses imagery, symbolism, and foreshadowing in the short story a “Rose for Emily”. The first literary device William Faulkner uses to show that Miss Emily cannot move on from her past is imagery. When Emily’s father dies, she tells the townspeople, minsters, and doctors that her father is not dead, but the townspeople know this is not honest. When doctors confront Miss Emily at her door, the narrator describes doctors insisting on letting them dispose of her father’s body, while Miss Emily is in denial, the townspeople “ persuade her to let the