weak. She feels she needs a manso badly that she must keep her lover even after his death. I think most feminists wouldread this theme into A Rose for Emily.Perhaps the only way Emily was portrayed as strong or independent is in herlifestyle. She lives alone with only a servant to give her any service. She does what shewants without regard to the concerns of the people around her. In this way, she showssome evidence of the qualities of independence and self-reliance that feminists believewomen should exhibit. This was a strange and almost disturbing story, but I think it speaks to certainsocial issues. Mainly the role and the demeanor of women during the early twentiethcentury. It is a social commentary in the guise of a short story....
