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Rose for Emily

In William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," Faulkner's details about setting and atmosphere help the reader understand the actions and reactions of Miss Emily. Throughout the story, Faulkner gives hints that eventually lead up to the shocking revelation of Emily’s character. At first glance, Emily seems like a lonely woman with little self-confidence and low self-esteem. Faulkner portrays her and her family with high statuses and while she did carry herself with dignity, people in the community only gave her respect based on fear of what she could do to them. It wasn’t until after her death when her true character was revealed when the skeleton of her lover, Homer Barron, is discovered in a room in her house. Not only did Emily poison him, but a gray hair is found next to the skeleton, indicating that she had been sleeping with a corpse for years. It all just goes to show that some people are not what they seem.

Above all, Emily’s love life was


Even though Emily didn’t go out much, let alone socialize, she did have a gentleman friend, Homer Barron, whom she soon developed feelings for. Like any woman, she dreamt of getting married, starting a family, but most of all, being loved; she was sure Homer was the one who would fulfill all of her dreams and rescue her from being alone. Unfortunately, Homer had different feelings about their relationship and didn’t feel the same way about her as she did about him. Even while knowing this, Emily still went along with her wedding preparations, even buying invitations and wedding clothes while Homer went out of town for a few days. At this point, Emily was growing fearful of being left alone again.

Needless to say, Emily had a hard life. Everybody who she had ever come to love had left her. Not only that, but between her father, her manservant, and Homer, she had become totally dependent on men to do things for her. She had always had men to

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