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Miss Emily, the protagonist in William Faulkner's, " A Rose for Emily" demonstrates her iron will to survive and even prevail through her lifetime of loneliness. At a young age, Miss Emily was denied her right to have any communication with any family members, other than her father. Not only did he forbid her to communicate with family, but he also ran off any man that tried to get close to Miss Emily. Her father was her backbone and made all of her decisions for her. Many of the townspeople think Miss Emily is being cheated, but Miss Emily doesn't seem to mind. In fact, Miss Emily loves her father dearly and is torn apart when she receives the news that he has passed away. For many days Miss Emily is overwhelmed and insist her father is still alive; she can not accept the fact that her father is no longer around. Heartbroken Miss Emily searches within herself and finds the iron will she needs to go on living after her
father's death.
Not only does Miss Emily have the iron......

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