The merrily tune of despair and loneliness
             In William Faulker's, "A Rose for Emily" Emily's father robbed her of many life's necessities which led her to become isolated, lonely and mentally ill. When Emily's father died, her world began to deteriorate as well as her will to rationalize.
             When Emily became a woman her father sought out to look for the ideal husband but, "none of the young men were quite good for Miss Emily" (244). When Miss Emily turned thirty and was still without husband the townspeople were not pleased. Emily's father "spraddled silhouette in the foreground [with] his back to her and clutching [his] horsewhip," serves his purpose of scaring possible suitors away (244). His turned back suggests a disregard for her emotional welfare as he wards off potential danger or violation of her maidenhood with his horsewhip. "The Griersons held themselves a little too high for that they really were," which caused Emily unhappiness (244).
             Emily like the decay of her house suffered from a lack of genuine love and care. When her father died," she was sick for a long time" (244). The loss of her male suitors and of her father was enough for Emily to adopt psychological symptoms that were not biologically present. Emily developed a sickness because of anxiety of living alone. Emily's sickness lasted until she met Homer Barron; at last she thought she might have the love and devotion she yearned for. Barron restored her position as the submissive one, while he assumed the controlling figure and replaces her father. Everything is fine for Miss Emily until she is told by Barron himself that," he was not the marrying man" (245). This information and the towns whispering that he might trail off to another brought back all Miss Emily's troubled thoughts before she met Barron. Loneliness became a threat to her and her actions she took forward were not in right ...