When I first read "A Rose for Emily" I was very confused and didn't understand why people were so interested in Miss Emily's life. I think Emily has major trust issues because she wouldn't let them bury her father at first..."she told them her father was not dead. She did that for three days, with the ministers calling on her, and the doctors, trying to persuade her to let them dispose of the body" (Faulkner 208). She then killed her lover and kept his body for many years after he was dead. "What was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of th nightshirt, had become inextricable from the bed in which he lay..." (Faulkner 212). YUCK!
This story shows that wealthy people still want to be with lower class people and that they will do anything to be with the person they love. It was unfortunate that Miss Emily couldn't marry her love and live happily. I also think that not being able to marry him and make their relationship public had a lot to do with Miss Emily's bitterness. And I really wonder what the author had in mind naming this "A Rose for Emily"?!
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