Miss Emily Grierson shares many similarities to her family home. Both represent a previous time, hide old and forgotten sins, and appear to be in a worn state. Out of respect for the power that her name represented, the townsfolk allowed Miss Emily to get away with many things; such as the murder and stench of Homer’s decay, the lack of paying property taxes for the house, and the avoidance of postal service to be attached to the home; these alms, while centered on Emily, also show an amount of respect for the property itself; as such, this writer considers the home to essentially represent Miss Emily. As Emily’s family was a part of the South’s Antebellum period; as such, the townspeople see her and her house as a relic of a grand period. To cope with many of the atrocities that they committed, many southerners created a false image of the pre-civil war south; in order to uphold tradition, many adopted the chore of caring for both remnants and symbols of that time period. When the town began …show more content…
Emily’s father was very overprotective of Emily; even to the extent that he would stare down those walking on the street as he sat on the porch, a whip in his hand, with his daughter sitting in a chair behind the door. Some critics are of the belief that the way that he treats her is akin to how a man would his lover; thus, one may also believe that they might of have had an incestuous relationship. One piece of evidence that supports this idea can be seen when Emily hides the fact of his death; unwilling to let him go, Emily seemed to have lost her mind. Emily would later go on to fall in love with Homer Barron. After Homer had somewhat of a promiscuous relationship with Emily (a sin in itself), Emily conspired to murder him, and to stop him from ever being able to leave her. It is likely that following his death, Emily continued to sleep with his decaying corpse; a sin considered amongst the