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Analyzing Faulkner's Death

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perpetuity” (628). The fact that the previous quote quickly goes from discussing taxes to the death of her father, helps support the correlation that Faulkner meant for taxes to represent death in this story. The mere fact, that within the first page or beginning of the third paragraph of this short story, proves how large Faulkner meant for the symbolism of death to be when regarding taxes (628).One parallel that Faulkner uses to show how taxes can represent death, is that both are a vital part of growing up and monumental part of America. Much likes the taxes in the story, Emily is also viewed as a monument as explained when Ray West states, “Emily I portrayed as “a fallen monument”…because she has shown herself susceptible to death (and
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