It does not seem ironic, that "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner would be placed in the same section of the book of Fiction. The two short stories just seem to belong together; they both have the same theme that is the psychosocial subject matter. Both of the main characters in the two stories suffer from psychological disorders, that restrain them from living normal, everyday lives.
             "A Rose for Emily", a short gothic tale which takes place in the nineteenth hundreds, is an astonishing story of Miss Emily Grierson, whose funeral drew the attention of the entire population of Jefferson, a small southern town. An unnamed narrator, who is considered to be "the town", or at least the mutual voice of it, arranges key moments in Emily's life, including the death of her father and her brief relationship with a man, a "Yankee", from the north named Homer Barron, which Emily ends up killing, and keeping in her house due to her inability to let go.
             Much of Emily's inability to interact with others properly is internal, and stems from her failure to set free as well as her powerlessness to deal with pain and loneliness, due to her mental disorder. This is seen through out Faulkner's short tale in examples such as Emily's refusal to pay taxes, "...see Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson." (131), and the murdering of Homer Barron. Emily's stubbornness to accommodate to the new town officials and their request of taxes supports the argument that Emily is unable to deal with conflicts because she is unable to let go of the past. Along with her refusal to pay taxes, Emily murders Homer Barron, which also emphasizes her inability to be alone or to deal with pain and rejection. At this point Emily is trying to stop time, and embrace the joyous moment she has with Homer still there with...