Emily Grierson’s reasons for being crazy In “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner the main character, Emily Grierson, is a woman completely isolated from her town. She has grown up her whole life in the same house, with the same butler, and primarily the company of only her father. Emily’s family had been wealthy; however after the civil war their money had run short. As the story progresses it is revealed that …showed first 75 words of 796 total…

…showed last 75 words of 796 total…closure on the life Emily had been living. Each of the contributing factors, the towns gossip, her fathers strictness, and her relationship with Homer, all help to come to the conclusion of this strange tale. If it were not for the combinations of such a lifestyle and surrounding pressures, Emily may have never turned out the way that she did, therefore her actions were explained by her personal history and society in which she lived.