How do you explain “a fallen monument”?

Reading Comprehension: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space.     When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-servant—a combined gardener and cook—had seen in at least ten years.
How do you explain “a fallen monument”?
【正确答案】：

EMILY IS REGARDED AS THE SYMBOL OF TRADITION AND THE OLD WAY OF LIFE. THUS HER DEATH IS LIKE THE FALLING OF A MONUMENT.

【题目解析】：艾米丽被认为是传统和旧生活方式的象征。因此，她的死就像一座纪念碑的倒塌。