The Factors that Form the Character Emily Grierson
             The characters in a work of literature are not only formed by their characteristics, but also by the story. There are many factors in a story which shape the characters. These may include the setting, mood, and theme. In William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily", the conflict between past and present, chronological order and generations, her physical appearance and the grotesque mood affect the way the reader views Emily Grierson.
             In the small town of Jefferson, somewhere in the south, lived a woman named Miss Emily. After her father died, the Colonel pardoned her taxes. This caused conflict as she got older since there was no written record of this information. During the two years after her father's death the only person that left the house was a Negro man that went to get her groceries and tended to the house. As time passed, Miss Emily's neighbors began to notice a foul smell coming from her house. The judge refused to do anything about it, so men of the town would deposit lime around her house late at night. The smell went away after a few weeks. The town felt sorry for Miss Emily since she was still single at the age of thirty. When the women of the town called Miss Emily to offer condolences after her father's death, Miss Emily told them her father was not dead. She said this for three days until she gave in and buried him. During the summer after her father died, a construction company began to pave sidewalks. She became close with one of the workers names Homer Barron. Miss Emily went to the drug store for poison. The people of the town thought she was going to kill herself with it. At this time Miss Emily bought a man's toilet set in silver, a new outfit, and a nightshirt. Now the town knew they got married. When the people saw Miss Emily again she was very old. Soon after that she died in one of the downstairs rooms at th...