... shows how time has caught up with Miss Emily. For example, her tarnished possessions, such as her gilt easel, the gold head of her cane and Homer's toilet set, show that even these objects are affected by the passing of time and symbolize the affect time has had on Miss Emily. Faulkner clearly ... a day laborer, and only travels to the town of Jefferson for the job he has paving sidewalks. Understanding this, Miss Emily knows that "Homer Barron will leave her for a labor contract in another town or for another love- (Conrad 204). Feeling the possibility that he may leave her, she goes on ...

• Word Count: 2270
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... went and got the arsenic and wrapped it up" (ARE 535, NIL). One evening a neighbor saw the manservant of Emily let Homer in the back door of her home. No one saw Homer again and Emily was not seen again for almost 6 months. When she was next seen "she had grown fat and her hair ... The most striking part of the story is when Emily's terrible secret is revealed. The description of the scene in Homer's tomb, not only shocks us, but also to reveals more of Emily's character. Faulkner talks of the way in which the old seem to regard the past " to who all the past is not a diminishing road, .....

• Word Count: 1327
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... to access her bedroom above the stairs which no one had seen in forty years. There, they found the "fleshless grin- of "the body had apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace,"" the corpse of her lover Homer Barron (Faulkner 98/ P59). Next to it is the second pillow ... with indentation of a head and "a long strand of iron-gray hair- (Faulkner 98/ P60). Although Faulkner did not write straight out, readers automatically understand that Miss Emily has been sleep ... and honor of an aristocrat. Similarly, the younger generation finds it easier to accept her relationship with Homer...

• Word Count: 1893
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School