A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner is about an old woman who is stuck in in the pre civil war era since she was a noble before the war. Her father was very strict but when he died she went into denial showing that she was pretty emotionally attached to him. The next thing that happens in the story is when a young northerner that Emily tries to court. Emily fails to court him since it turns out that he likes guys. She then goes to the druggist to purchase a lot of arsenic, and we later realize that she murders Homer.
The town itself has a lot of problems since they hold Miss Emily in such high regard as a noble person she is able to avoid paying taxes, and is able to basically force the drug person to sell him arsenic. Along with this they allow her to do anything she wants along as it isn’t too bad. Miss Emily is able to intimidate anyone she wants to get anything she wants and she gets away with murder and no one expects it to be her that murdered him.
In conclusion the town is too pre civil war era. The town is too intimidated by Emily and allows her to intimidate everyone and into giving in to her commands such as tax evasion. Along with this she feels that she is superior to everyone else since she was a noble lady in the pre civil war era.