Emily had a fueled hatred and resentment for all the men that were involved with her life. She had no social life with “all the young men her father had driven away” (Faulkner 6). Her father suppressed her in the woman that she became later in the story. He did not allow her to participate in any social activities within the community and sheltered her away from all of the townspeople. She was treated more as a servant, who never saw the light of day, instead of an upper class woman who deserved respect. Once Emily’s father had passed away she didn’t have anyone to lead her life for her. That is, until Homer came along and took over her life for her as well. Homer was a womanizer that could have had any other woman in

Emily had a certain respect from the townspeople that exempted her from for the same standards that the other people in the town had. Emily went to the pharmacist one day bought a box of arsenic without even having to explain the use of it, as the law requires: “Miss Emily just stared at him…until he looked away and went and got the arsenic” (8). Emily was given certain privileges that were clearly in effort to harm or kill herself or someone else she knew. The clerk knew that she was inevitably going to use the arsenic for other than killing rats. But nevertheless, he didn’t do anything to stop her madness. The day following Emily purchase of the arsenic the townspeople said “’She will kill herself’” (8). Everyone in town had predicted her efforts and was suspecting her do something drastic. Emily was going to do something radical, but no one would know about for years to come. Many questions surround why no one ever found about the incident. Why did she kill Homer? Did she alone kill Homer? Why was this covered up for so long? No one questioned her actions or even upheld the law when necessary. The townspeople practically participated in her mor

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