Themes & Symbols

A theme that stood out to me the most in a Rose For Emily was gossiping. They were gossiping in the story on several occasions. One occasion when they were gossiping was when they were talking about her taxes, they weren't talking about it around her or in front of her they were talking about it behind her back. Another occasion was when her house had a funny smell they never told her to her face that it smelt funny they gossiped about it.

A symbol found in the story was a Rose. The rose could've been or standed for a lot. I feel like the first thing it standed for her love for Homer. A rose usually stands for or shows somebody how you feel about them. Another symbol was the color black. The color black was a symbol for death & death occurred several times in the story. We had the death of Colonel Satoris Emily, and Homer were all represented by the color black.