In what ways is "A Rose for Emily" a story about resistance to change?

In Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," the main character Emily
Grierson is stuck living in the past within the isolated reality that she has both been
forced into and that she herself has created.  Early in the story, the local authorities
go to Emily's house to talk to her about paying property taxes, and Emily refuses to
pay, insisting that the mayor has relieved her from ever paying taxes again.  She is
unaware that the mayor died ten years ago.  Similarly, when Homer Barron decides that he
no longer wants to be in a relationship with her, she arguably kills him to make sure
that he "stays" with her.  She cannot handle being abandoned by him and does not want
this aspect of her life to change.  The resistance to change in the story is symbolized
by the state of the Grierson house which stands unkempt among a neighborhood that has
forged on into the present.