Briefly analyze the character of Emily Grierson, the protagonist of A Rose for Emily.
【正确答案】：AS A DESCENDENT OF THE SOUTHERN ARISTOCRACY, EMILY GRIERSON IS TYPICAL OF THOSE IN FAULKNER'S YOKNAPATAWPHA STORIES THAT ARE SYMBOLS OF THE OLD SOUTH BUT ALSO THE PRISONERS OF THE PAST.(1) FIRSTLY, SHE DEPENDED ON HER FATHER AND CLANG TO HIS MEMORY BY REMAINING UNMARRIED BECAUSE OF DOMINANCE OF HER FATHER AND HIS RIGID IDEAS ABOUT SOCIAL STATUS, BY KEEPING HIS PORTRAIT IN A PROMINENT PLACE IN HER LIVING ROOM, BY REFUSING TO RELEASE HER FATHER'S DEAD BODY FOR BURIAL AND BY ASSUMING HER FATHER’S DOMINEERING TRAITS.(2) SECONDLY, EMILY WAS ECCENTRIC IN REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE PASSAGE OF TIME OR THE INEVITABLE SOCIAL CHANGE BY REFUSING TO PAY TAXES, BUYING POISON AND OFFERING NO EXPLANATION AND REFUSING TO COOPERATE WITH MODERN POSTAL SERVICE.(3) THIRDLY, EMILY DEMONSTRATES HER DEFORMED PERSONALITY AND ABNORMALITY IN HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER SWEETHEART. HER REFUSAL TO ADAPT HERSELF TO THE NEW ORDER AND HER DEFIANCE OF THE OLD ORDER ARE NOT JUST PATHETIC ATTEMPTS TO CLING TO THE PAST, BUT DEVELOPED INTO OBSESSION AND HOMICIDAL MANIA BY KILLING HOMER BARREN IN ORDER TO KEEP HIM.
【题目解析】：教材617页。《给艾米莉的玫瑰》是福克纳发表的第一篇小说，小说以约克纳帕塔法的杰斐逊小镇为背景，主要人物是艾米莉。艾米莉是一位不愿意接受由于时间变迁而一切都改变的古怪的老处女。她是南方贵族的后人，是为过去所束缚的旧南方的象征。福克纳将艾米莉畸形的性格和与她男友的不正常的行为表现得淋漓尽致
