Similarities Between A Rose For Emily And A Clean Well Lighted Place

Emily from “A Rose for Emily” and the old man from “A Clean, Well Lighted Place” are similar in many aspects. Both are depressed from spending too much time by themselves through their lives. Neither like being alone all the time. Although they both have their own ways of dealing with their depression they deal with it in a similar manner.
The story of Emily starts off with her death. The townspeople go through the story of her life the way they see it. They all know the story of her father’s death and how she reacted very negatively to it. She refused to acknowledge the fact that her father was dead at first. Her father has always been a very important figure in her life. She has never known life without him. The townspeople people believe that is why she refused to accept his death. Throughout the story she spends the majority of her life living alone, the only person she sees on a regular basis is her servant. She
When she begins spending time with Homer people believe she is desperate enough for any type of affection that she would completely forget about her family pride and associate with a Northerner, someone beneath her. Emily is seen buying arsenic, a poison and everyone presumes she will use it to kill herself. After Emily’s death the townspeople go to her house and break down the sealed door to the upstairs room. After getting into the room they see all the things for a wedding laid out around the room including a man’s suit. On the bed they find the decaying body of Homer Barron with an acrid smell of poison coming from him. In the pillow beside his body there is an indention of a head as well as a long grey hair that is presumed to be Emily’s hair. The author leaves the ending open for many reasons. With the ending being left open like this it allows for