A Rose for Emily

“A Rose for Emily” In the short story “A Rose for Emily”, by William Faulkner uses symbolism to get the meaning of the title of this story across to the reader. Though there are many interpretations that can be made from the title of this story, my interpretation of the title is the comparison of Homer Barron to being Miss Emily’s rose. Miss Emily didn’t have a very peaceful adolescence. Emily’s father …showed first 75 words of 643 total…

…showed last 75 words of 643 total…head in a pillow with a couple of long gray hair strands (Faulkner 35). In conclusion I feel Emily ended up killing Homer Barron because she didn’t want to lose someone so close to her that she loved so much, or so she thought. Now that he was dead in her house, he can never leave her and she will always have him and can stay with her true love, her one and only rose.