... bear to see that, so she killed him. This was Faulkner's method of giving Emily a rose. She took that rose and preserved it, like many women do, and she kept it close to her until her death. Therefore, the rose given to Emily by Faulkner becomes her only love. The last interpretation of the title that I have introduces a completely new perspective on the rose and Faulkner. The rose in the ... title can be symbolic of the monument that the town made of Emily. At many places in the story, Faulkner compares Emily to the monument, much as one would compare a rose ... to love. The town donne...

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... way, she begins to withdraw inside herself and become dependant upon her father. This is evident in the story when Faulkner writes, " Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled silhouette in the foreground, his back to her clutching a horsewhip, the two of framed by the back-flung front door"(105). Her father's plan had worked. She did not go against her father ... her true feelings and emotions; they had found Homer Barron's remains lying on the bed where it looked like he had fallen asleep. Next to him they also found evidence that she has taken com...

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... 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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... 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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... 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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