Symbolism is something that can represent many quantities of things, an object or a character. In the story A Rose for Emily, the rose was a symbolism because it represents love and secrecy. To Miss Emily, Homer Barron represented a rose. Homer Barron was her love interest and Miss Emily's secret. Miss Emily loved Homer Barron ever since she met him but she kept it a secret. The American flag also represents symbolism: it represents our country, just as the American Eagle represents freedom for our country. Each color of our flag represents something and the stripes represent each thirteenth colony. This story has a lot of symbolism. There are many symbolic characters and objects. This story is about a woman who was locked away in her house because her father didn't want her to find love. When her father died, people came and when they were ready to take the father's body to bury him, she didn't want them to take his body, she wanted to keep his body with her but she couldn't and they buried the body in the ground. Later, a guy named Colonel Sartoris said she didn't have to pay taxes. Colonel Sartoris never kept any record that Miss Emily did not have to pay taxes. So when Colonel Sartoris died later in life, the sheriff told Miss Emily that she had to pay the taxes that she owed and Miss Emily told the sheriff that she was not paying. taxes to go see and speak to Colonel Sartoris. Colonel Satoris had been dead for quite a while now but Miss Emily didn't know it because she had been locked up in her house for a long time. Miss Emily met a guy and his name was Homer Barron, she fell in love with him but she never really knew what love was because her father had kept her cooped up in the house her whole life since ...... middle of paper .. ....despite her eccentricities, she was committed to living her life on her own terms and not subjecting her behavior, no matter how shocking, to the approval of others. Miss Emily was well respected because of her family, everyone in the town respected her and her lifestyle was a monument to everyone, especially the guys, and her old age hair meant she had a good respected life. Many characters and objects were unidentified only a few could be identified, the most important from the story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner.Works CitedStudyModeEditors. »Symbols in A Rose for Emily. "StudyMode, Inc., November 1, 2012Lamboard,Eather."A Rose for Emily"-What's Important About Gray Hair." About.NpNd Web. March 17, 2014. Sparknotes Publishers. "A Rose for Themes , Emily’s patterns and symbol.” Sprarknotes.sparknotes, Inc., Web March 17. 2014