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William Faulkner's Central Theme in \

William Faulkner's central theme in the story \the past.\reluctance to be independent. Faulkner uses symbols throughout the story to cloak an almost allegorical correlation to the reconstruction period of the South. Even these symbols are open to interpretation; they are the heart and soul of the story. With the literal meaning of Faulkner's story implies many different conclusions, it is primarily the psychological and symbolic aspects, which give the story meaning.

Miss Emily cannot accept change to any degree. She is unable to ameliorate as the rest of the society does. The Old South is becoming the New South, and yet Emily still has a Negro man helping around the house. Her house \once been white\however now it is surrounded by cotton gins, garages, and gasoline pumps. This scene creates a sense of the house being \(469). Another example of Miss Emily's ability to refuse change is when she does not allow a house number to be placed on her house when the town receives free postal service.

Emily's father denies her the freedom to establish relationships with men. In fact, Emily was denied her \symbol of everlasting love between a man and a woman. Since her father denies her the chance to court men, she has no chance to even fall in love. \thought of them as tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father spraddled silhouette in the foreground, his back to her and clutching a horsewhip, the two of them framed by the blackflung front door\

Emily is the slave. The fact that Miss Emily is dressed in white proves her purity. Another point is how Emily is in the backgrou...