The Symbolice Meaning of Emily by: Deanna Rice

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…goodbye to Miss Emily, but to say goodbye to a part of their history. They were saying goodbye to a part of their history that many of them had not thought about or had forgotten. Unlike many who had forgotten the Old South, Miss Emily remembered and stood by its ways her entire life. As the Old South decayed so did Miss Emily and with her death also came the death of the Old South.