Question

Which underlying theme of the short story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner is evident in these lines? After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all. A. compassion B. past memories C. isolation D. forgiveness

Answer 1

B past memories because the fact that the narrator refers to her as a "fallen monument" symbolizes precisely what she represents—a stubborn memorial to the past.