Faulkner a Rose for Emily

Homer was not the marrying type of man so Emily killed him and forced a wedding upon him to spite her father. Upon further review and placed in context with the final scenes, it foreshadows her future skewed attempt at self-actualization. Evidence that suggests this is the woman discovering the room furnished for a bridal. Also the removed collar and tie suggest the honeymoon that followed. An early scene following her father’s death hints at some emotional instability. Emily seemed to go insane with her desire to spite her father by doing things that were extremely unethical.

Faulkner holds our interest throughout the story by delayed fulfillment. His picture lays above Emily’s “bier” looking down on her. Reading closely one can make the case that Faulkner hints that even at Emily’s funeral; Mr. The last line suggests that even through all these years Emily had continued to sleep with the body of Homer. The reader follows Emily through the eyes of the town, never knowing her inner workings. The scenes after her death finally reveal everything. For three days she refused to allow her father to be buried. The ladies discovery of Homer Barron's rotting remains in the bed is the one time Faulkner shows Emily’s mental problems clearly manifested.