【正确答案】：
EMILY CRIERSON IS A SYMBOL OF OLD VALUES, STANDING FOR TRADITION, DUTY AND PAST THEORY. 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 OF SYMBOLS OF THE OLD SOUTH BUT THE PRISONERS OF THE PAST.
EXAMPLES FROM THE NOVEL：
(1) DOMINATED BY HER FATHER' S RIGID IDEAS OF SOCIAL STATUS, SHE CANNOT GET MARRIED DURING HER LIFE TIME.
(2) SHE CARRIES HER HEAD HIGH DIGNITY AS THE LAST GRIERSON THOUGH THE WHOLE COMMUNITY BELIEVES THAT SHE HAS FALLEN.
(3) SHE PAYS NO LAX AND BUYS POISON BUT OFFERS NO EXPLANATION；
(4) SHE REFUSES TO CO - OPERATE WITH MODERNIZATION IN THE POSTAL SERVICE.
(5) BARRICADED IN HER HOUSE, EMILY HAS FROZEN THE PAST TO PROTECT HER DREAMS.
(6) IN HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER SWEETHEART. SHE DEMONSTRATES THE DEFORMED PERSONALITY AND ABNORMALITY.
【题目解析】：本题考查了福克纳作品《献给艾米丽的一朵玫瑰花》中主人公艾米丽·格里森的人物特点以及表现手法。1.人物特点：艾米丽·格里森是旧价值观的象征，代表着传统、责任和过去的理论。她是一个古怪的老姑娘，拒绝接受时间的流逝，或是随之而来的不可避免的变化或损失。2.人物象征意义：作为南方贵族的后裔，艾米丽是福克纳的约克纳帕塔瓦法故事中的典型人物，这些故事象征着古老的南方，但却是旧时代的囚徒。