Is Miss Emily a murder or innocent? ... So "Miss Emily Grierson of "A Rose for Emily," Miss Minnie Cooper of "Dry September," and the title characters of "Elly" and "Miss Zilphia Gant" are all driven to perverse or violent rebellion against the prevailing community standard"(Harrington et al. 49), reflecting disagreeable belief, uncombined moral norms from the past into a new world. Emily's love was interfered and tortured by her present world, which illicit her killing Mr. ... Emily was a victim of her old norms. ... So Emily is a miserable woman. ...

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