Conflicts in a rose for emily
...utside her house as the years went by .''The confusion that Faulkner has given produces a confusion in Emily's life. Emily went to and fro in the lonely circle and did not have any chance to break that circle's wall. Outside time was going by quickly as the natural direction. But Emily was encircled inside and was still where she had been. Yes, Emily is a person of the past. Readers have this feeling in the very first sentences through the description of Emily's house: "lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps." This message of essential ugliness of contrast is a presentation of Emily in present time--"an eyesore among eyesores." During the story, the conflicts of the old and young generations push Emily all the way back to the past.''' for example she refused to pay taxs for the property when the officials contacted er she did not want to let go of her past traditions and laws . she denied the fact that the world has chaged as te years went by ."See Colonel Satoris." Those are Emily's words to refuse her taxes, just as she refused the existence of Colonel Satoris's death -- the existence of present time. Colonel Satoris's words still had its power in Jefferson and Emily lived with that power against present. she was afraid to let go of her past . her conflict lay within her because she did not know when to let go of a person or a situation . another example of this is when she falls in love with the yankee Homer Baron and kills hime wiht rat poision and hides his body in her house . her confliction charecterisc is seen in this situation as an overpowering individual . thease examples show her own conliction charcater that led her to became insane. antoerh conflict that arises in thsi story is the on the people itn the communtiy has towards miss emily . even thosug they res pected her they did not agree withe everything sh...