Emily is the main character of A Rose for Emily. She lives a tragic life and there is a lot of gossip surrounding her. The story happens during her funeral, but has many flashbacks.
Emily’s father died when she was very young and she barely left her house after that. One day, she goes to a drug store to buy arsenic, which is a type of poison. The women in her neighborhood think that she is going to commit suicide. She starts coming out of the house more and is seen around a man named Homer Barron. The women then think that they are going to get married. They heard that she went to a jeweler and ordered a silver toilet set with the initials H.B. on them. She also bought a whole set of mens clothing and the women are certain that they were married. Homer went with Emily into her house and was never seen again. At her funeral, the women burst into a room that Emily never let anyone see. On the bed was homer’s corpse, and next to it was a strand of Emily’s hair.
No one knew what Emily used the arsenic for. I think that she used it to kill Homer. I think that she pretended to marry him so that she would be more respected. I still feel like it is horrible to murder someone though.