A Rose for Emily Visions of America Quotes

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Quote #4

Then the newer generation became the backbone and the spirit of the town, and the painting pupils grew up and fell away and did not send their children to her with boxes of color and tedious brushes and pictures cut from the ladies' magazines. (4.8)

Here we have another picture of America in transition. Miss Emily's former pupils did not want their children exposed to the way of life Emily represents. If their children had been involved with Miss Emily, perhaps they would have been bound to the past, as this "newer generation" is.

Quote #5

[…] some in their brushed Confederate uniforms […]. (5.2)

That these men still have their old uniforms from the Civil War means that they are even older than Miss Emily.