Faulkner uses Emily's house to symbolize Emily living a life in stasis. Emily's house is like a time capsule, a place forever unchanging and untouched by time. In her time capsule, Emily can live in a timeless, unchanging world where death does not exist. Death is strategically used as a symbol of change throughout the story, from the beginning of the story during Emily's funeral to the end when the townsfolk discover Homer Barron's body in the bedroom at home. 'floor. Death was the one change Emily couldn't fight, but that didn't stop her from accepting its ever-present presence in her life. They first become aware of this when Emily initially refuses to admit the death of her overbearing father. Declaring several times to residents who came to console her that her father was not dead. Ultimately, the reader gains a final and disturbing understanding of the denial of Emily's death with the skeletal body of Emily's possible suitor, Homer Barron, lying on a bed, dressed in a suit, and placed next to it. from him was a single lock of Miss Emily's hair. . Finally, Emily herself is the living embodiment of tradition. Emily is mentioned as a monument in the first paragraph, and in the third paragraph the narrator states: “Living, Miss Emily was a tradition, a duty, and a worry; a sort of hereditary obligation for the city. William Faulkner not only used Emily as a symbol of tradition, he also used her character to illustrate the constant struggle between those of tradition and those of