Mr. Grierson

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2019-12-05 13:55
Character Key Number: 
317
Display Name: 
Mr. Grierson
Sort Name: 
Grierson, Mr.
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In "A Rose for Emily," 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).

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