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A Rose For Emily Character Analysis Essay

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In the short story A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, Emily is a lady who is psychologically unstable after her controlling father passed away years ago. She refused to acknowledge it while hiding his dead body and hasn't really found her ground since. Emily one day stumbles upon Homer Barron but the town disapproves bringing her two cousins into town to try and put a stop to them. While the towns opposed to them she thinks he’s the one for her, until that took a turn when finding out the abrupt news. Last spotted, Emily's viewed buying arsenic at the drugstore. Homer soon disappears and Emily doesn't step foot out of her house for months. The doors remain shut including the top floor. She is not to be heard from until her death at seventy-four.
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