Mr. Grierson

Submitted by cornellgoldw@fo... on Sat, 2012-06-30 12:14
Text: 
"A Rose for Emily"
Character Key: 
Mr. Grierson
Display Name: 
Mr. Grierson
Sort Name: 
Grierson, Mr.
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Major
Vitality: 
Dies
First Mentioned: 
Jefferson Town Hall in "A Rose for Emily" (Location)
Home: 
Grierson House in "A Rose for Emily" (Location)
Cause of Death: 
Old Age
Real?: 
No
Biography: 

Mr. Grierson has been dead for some time when he is first referred to in the story. Alive he was an old-fashioned, over-bearing patriarch who did not allow his daughter to mingle with any men, keeping all possible suitors at bay. Nonetheless Emily keeps "a crayon portrait" of him displayed in the parlor "on a tarnished gilt easel before the fireplace" (120).

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 
Date of Death: 
Wednesday, January 1, 1879 to Wednesday, December 31, 1879

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