... Homer Barron, his name shows irony because he is the new generation coming into the town. As Homer Barron symbolizes the new generation Miss Emily doesn't want to lose to the new generation and her love so she buys the arsenic. Miss Emily becomes mentally ill as she buys the arsenic to kill Homer Barron because she cannot bear to give up their relationship. Miss Emily keeps ... the corpse in her bed as for the denial in death that she has towards her father. Homer became the irony for Emily and she didn't want that to happen as she had strong feelings for him so she killed him and kept ...

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• Grade Level: High School