【正确答案】：
A. EMILY GRIERSON IS A SYMBOL OF OLD VALUES, STANDING FOR TRADITION, DULY AND PAST GLORY. SHE IS AN ECCENTRIC SPINSTER WHO REFUSES TO ACCEPT THE PASSAGE OF TIME, OR THE INEVITABLE CHANGE AND LOSS THAT ACCOMPANIES IT.  
B. AS A DESCENDENT OF THE SOUTHERN ARISTOCRACY, EMILY IS TYPICAL OF THOSE IN FAULKNER’S YOKNAPATWAPHA STORIES WHO ARE THE SYMBOLS OF THE OLD SOUTH BUT THE PRISONERS OF THE PAST. 
EXAMPLES FROM THE NOVEL：
A. DOMINATED BY HER FATHER’ S RIGID IDEAS OF SOCIAL STATUS, SHE CANNOT GET MARRIED DURING HER LIFE TIME.
B. SHE CARRIES HER HEAD HIGH IN DIGNITY AS THE LAST GRIERSON THOUGH THE WHOLE COMMUNITY BELIEVES THAT SHE HAS FALLEN.
C. SHE PAYS NO TAX AND BUYS POISON BUT OFFERS NO EXPLANATION.
D. SHE REFUSES TO COOPERATE WITH MODERNIZATION IN THE POSTAL SERVICE.
E. BARRICADED IN HER HOUSE, EMILY HAS FROZEN THE PAST TO PROTECT HER DREAMS.
F. IN HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER SWEETHEART, SHE DEMONSTRATES THE DEFORMED PERSONALITY AND ABNORMALITY.
【题目解析】：本题考查《献给爱米丽的玫瑰》的主人公爱米丽·格里尔森的性格。1. 埃米莉·格里森是旧价值观的象征，代表着传统、应有的和过去的荣耀。她是一个古怪的老处女，拒绝接受时间的流逝，或随之而来的不可避免的变化和损失。 2. 作为南方贵族的后裔，艾米丽是福克纳的约克纳帕特瓦故事中的典型人物，象征着古老的南方，但却是过去的囚徒。小说中的例子：1. 受她父亲刻板的社会地位观念支配，她一生都不能结婚。 2. 她昂首挺胸，尽管整个社区都认为她已经堕落了。 3. 她买毒药不交税，但不解释。4. 她拒绝与邮政服务现代化合作。 5. 艾米丽被困在家里，为了保护她的梦想，她冰封了自己的过去。 6. 在与爱人的关系中，她表现出畸形的个性和反常。