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Miss Emily's male interaction in A Rose for Emily The way that a person is raised has a lot to do with their personality and actions as an adult. The protagonist in “A Rose for Emily” is an example of just that. Miss Emily was raised to be very depende ....

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.... male figure. Miss Emily’s next male figure is one that helped her earlier in her life. Colonel Sartoris was able to remit Emily’s taxes under the impression that the town owed her money. This act of kindness by the Colonel caused Emily’s dependence upon him and what he did for her. Later in the story, the Board of Alderman approached Miss Emily at her house in the attempt to get her to pay her taxes. When the Board started questioning Miss Emily about why she would not pay she told them to talk to Colonel Sartoris. Even though the Colonel had been dead for almost ten years the old women insisted they see him and leave h ....