world was changing but the conventional South could not fully adapt to this. The Old South's ethic broke down. People were lost in the search of a new set of principles of right conduct. It also happens in Emily's personal life, however, in a totally different way. In A Rose for Emily, although Emily's mother is never mentioned, her father plays an important part in shaping her character. He chases away Emily's any man who courts her, because none of them are good enough for his daughter. Therefore Emily is greatly impacted by the death of her father, who infuses her with all the conventional moral values, because her late father means all to her. After the father dies, Emily is no longer restrained or kept under control of anybody and no one exercises a deciding or determining influence on herself. Meanwhile, no one protects her by those old principles, standards, and qualities considered worthwhile or desirable by the South, either. Emily, who is "dear, inescapable, impervious, tranquil and perverse" in nature, is completely exposed to the s North's striking spirit, which was trying to become the predominant mood of that period, with the feature of individualism and materialism. Originally, Miss Emily is not willing to give up or give in. She does not submit to the overpowering force of the environment, and she has an overwhelming desire of fighting against all that stands in her way, on her own feet.
             The northerners believed in the primary importance of the individual and in the virtues of self-reliance-which was descended from their puritan ancestors-and personal independence. Instead of high social status and noble background, they relied on their own ca
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