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The Fall of Southern Aristocracy
William Faulkner uses many metaphors in A Rose for Emily to symbolize the fall of the Southern aristocracy and the end of a way of life. Faulkner was born to an old Southern family in Mississippi in 1897 and although the Civil War had been over for thirty years many of the Southern upper-class still struggled to hold on to the past. ... Despite the fact that she is virtually penniless they view her relationship with Homer as scandalous because she is considered Southern nobility and is expected to conduct herself in an appropriate manner.
Approximate Word count = 537 Approximate Pages = 2.1 (250 words per page double spaced)
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