A Rose for Emily

by William Faulkner

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Topics
Character Roles (Protagonist, Antagonist...)
Tools of Characterization
Characters
Miss Emily Grierson
Tobe
Homer Barron
Miss Emily's Father
Colonel Sartoris
Judge Stevens
Old Lady Wyatt
The Cousins

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Old Lady Wyatt

Character Analysis

Old lady Wyatt is Emily's great-aunt (on her father's side, we believe). Before her death, according to the townspeople, old lady Wyatt is "completely crazy" (2.11). She seems to be in the story to suggest that insanity runs in Emily's family.