Why Emily Killed Homer Barron In William Faulkner’s short story entitled "A Rose For Emily"‚ Emily Grierson kills her lover Homer Barron after being in love with him for about a year. She then sleeps next to the body in the upstairs bedroom of her home‚ loving it as if Homer were still alive. She then closes up the upstairs‚ never seeing the body again. There are three different motives that can be looked at as to why Emily killed Homer. She wanted to exercise power‚ she couldn’t accept that Homer
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Rose for Emily” is an intriguing tale of the life and death of Emily Grierson‚ who ends up killing her male companion‚ Homer Barron. A motive is not stated by the narrator‚ but when read critically a motive can be found. Several Literary critics have proposed different motives of why Emily Grierson killed Homer Barron. Some say that Homer was going to jilt Emily. Although homer was the not the marrying type‚ there is no evidence that homer was going to leave her. Another motive was that homer was gay
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A Rose for Emily: Why Ms. Emily did not kill Homer Barron Ms. Emily Grierson‚ a well know figure in her community has a lot of controversy surrounding her. Known for being reserved and quiet‚ Ms. Emily is considered to be the local crazy person. Her family is known for having members with mental illnesses‚ and she is quite bizarre also. After her love interest Homer is found dead in her house‚ everyone wonders if Ms. Emily killed him. Ms. Emily never really got the chance to have a male companion
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I was extremely intrigued about Homers death after reading the story A Rose for Emily. In reading the story the author leads you to believe that Homer died because Emily killed him but also leaves it open for other possibilities. But is it really possible that Homer died for other reasons? Throughout the story it is explained that Emily had a hard time moving forward and letting go of the past and that gives the idea that maybe Homer died and Emily just couldn’t let him go like she had trouble letting
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Emily Killed Homer Why Emily Grierson did kill Homer Barron? In a William Faulkner short story titled “A Rose for Emily” the main character Emily Grierson poisoned her male companion Homer‚ with a powerful poison called arsenic; which is venom for rats. A motive is not directly stated by the narrator‚ but as we read the story critically‚ some reasons can be found‚ for example: first‚ Homer was going to deceive Emily‚ although he was not the marrying type man. Second‚ her father’s interference‚ and
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Samantha McPherson R.Bishop English 1312 Comp II Online 6 Oct. 2011 Miss Brill & Miss Emily Emily Grierson from “A Rose for Emily” and Miss Brill from the story “Miss Brill” are two women that are trying to relive their past in the present time. In these stories‚ you are taken into the lives of two elderly women living very different lives‚ yet sharing many characteristics. You wouldn’t think to compare these two characters‚ but if you do‚ they are strikingly similar in many ways
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Iris Maldonado Engl 102/ Formal Paper 1 Literature and Composition March 19‚ 2010 Profile of Miss Emily Grierson in‚ “A Rose for Emily”. Lunatic: Psychological term for lunatic is defined as a person who has been declared insane. The person is afflicted or has shown characteristics of mental derangement or eccentric behaviors. This person shows or is marked by a lack of good sense or judgment. Mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality‚ cannot
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A Rose for Emily The death of Miss Emily Grierson‚ was it "A Mystery"‚ was this woman so mysterious that everybody in the community had to come visit her at death. The men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument‚ the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house‚ which no one save an old manservant - a combined gardener and cook - had seen in at least ten years (Faulkner 55). The house was described as being a big squarish house that was slowly decaying. It
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As William Faulkner once said‚ “In writing‚ you must kill all your darlings.”As we know William Faulkner‚ he has a Southern Gothic taste in his writing. This makes his writing creepy and a bit scary. In his “A Rose for Emily”‚ he includes Miss Emily Grierson or Miss Emily is portrayed as the creppy woman of the town in Yoknapatawpha County. In Faulkners “That Evening Sun” the Compson family and their slaves Nancy and Jesus should be feared for their actions and way of life. Faulkner’s use of Southern
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In the story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ the voices of the townspeople and narrator paint a character portrait of Miss Emily as a reclusive woman who doesn’t have the strongest grasp on reality. Despite her odd behavior and refusal to accept the evolving world around her‚ the town collectively feels a “respectful affection” (391) for her‚ though it eventually gives way to morbid curiosity and finally fear. Though it is found out she may have done bad things‚ she is not a bad person and
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