Miss Emily's male interaction in A Rose for Emily The way that a person is raised has a lot to do with their personality and actions as an adult. The protagonist in "A Rose for Emily" is an example of just that. Miss Emily was raised to be very dependent on the only male figure in her life, her father. This set the type of interaction that she would have with the male figures throughout her life. Even though there were few, Miss Emily was dependent and unable to let go of her men that she encountered during her lifetime. The first male figure in Miss Emily’s life, and the one that caused Emily’s dependency, is her father