Modern Mag May 2014 | Page 8

  “The only things that are certain in life are death and taxes.” Benjamin Franklin said this because of such unpredictable things that happen in life. You may or may not see them coming, but you can’t help it. In “A Rose For Emily”, by William Faulkner symbolism, and metaphors are used to display the theme of aloneness. Emily is forced to be isolated in a way, because of her father and it ends up affecting her whole life. It goes as far a ́͡