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In “A Rose for Emily” William Faulkner writes about two lovers, Emily Grierson and Homer Barron, with conflicting personalities that eventually leads up to Emily poisoning Homer in his sleep. Faulkner discusses their dissimilar social backgrounds and emotional behaviors as well as symbolizing Emily with “the old times” and Homer with “the new times.” Emily Grierson was the daughter of a wealthy man of high social class in a southern town called Jefferson. He was …

…really her fault? Perhaps if her father wasn’t so overbearing or maybe if Homer settled down a little bit Emily wouldn’t have gone insane and committed such a crime; Did she know she was wrong for killing Homer, or was she so mentally sick, fearing he would desert her leaving her with what she had to do. Who really knows, maybe the servant knows but he sure isn’t going to tell anyone.