“A symbol has many meanings. It has literal meaning and additional meaning beyond the literal. The symbolism has been used many times. We tend to use symbolism in states. For example, Austin symbolizes Texas because it is our capital. The numbers used in public toilets are used to indicate which ones are for men and women. The townspeople attend Miss Emily's funeral and remember the events that happened while she was still alive. The town mayor had a great relationship with Emily's father and he decided to stop charging Miss Emily her taxes. As the years passed and the new generation arrived; they weren't happy with the arrangement so they went to her house to try to convince her to pay them. Thirty years before the tax holiday, the townspeople were complaining of a horrible smell coming from Emily's property. This occurred two years after the death of her father and shortly after the disappearance of her lover, Homer Barron. They spread lime and the smell eventually disappeared. The story goes back and says that Emily starts dating Homer Barron, who is a foreman. The town didn't think Miss Emily would be serious about her since the Griersons don't date Northerners. So, they call Emily's cousins ​​to visit her to convince her to end the relationship. While the cousins ​​arrive Homer leaves town, after they leave he returns. They later see Emily buying arsenic, rat poison, and they see her buying men's items and things with Homer's initials on them. They never saw anyone enter or leave the house except Tobe. Her hair started to turn gray and she started to age. When Miss Emily died, they went into the house and opened the room above. They looked at the deep, bare earth...... middle of paper......" but the main thing was the symbolism. Each character and object are so many symbols of what crossed Emily's 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