Questions and Answers：Give a brief answer to each of the followi

Questions and Answers：Give a brief answer to each of the following questions in English.Give a brief analysis of Emily Grierson, the protagonist of A Rose for Emily by Faulkner.
【正确答案】：

SET IN THE TOWN OF JEFFERSON IN YOKNAPATAWPA, THE STORY FOCUSES ON EMILY GRIERSON, AN ECCENTRIC SPINSTER WHO REFUSES TO ACCEPT THE PASSAGE OF TIME, OR THE INEVITABLE CHARGE AND LOSS THAT ACCOMPANIES IT. AS A DESCENDENT OF THE SOUTHERN ARISTOCRACY, EMILY IS TYPICAL OF THOSE IN FAULKNER’S YOKNAPATAWPA STORIES WHO ARE THE SYMBOLS OF THE OLD SOUTH BUT THE PRISONERS OF THE PAST.

【题目解析】：故事发生在约克纳帕塔帕的杰斐逊镇，故事围绕着艾米丽展开。她是一个古怪的老处女，拒绝接受时间的流逝，也拒绝接受随之而来的不可避免的负担和损失。作为南方贵族的后裔，艾米丽是福克纳小说中的典型人物，她是旧南方的象征，是过去的囚徒。