Death Unit- A Rose for Emily

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner presents a bizarre woman, Emily, which has a hard time letting go of the past. When a person does not have the best relationships with people, they seclude themselves into a world of extreme comfort. Emily secluded herself from the world and found extreme comfort in keeping to herself things that made her feel accompanied. Although this is not directly stated, we can infer this when she has "ministers calling on her, and the doctors, trying to persuade her to let them dispose of the body" [Faulkner, 285]. Emily was having trouble part with her father, even if he was dead. Emily did not want a number to be put on her house for her to attain an address. Again, she was not modern. She was living in the past. She couldn't let go of it and it was messing with her sanity. Eventually it became so bad that it is believed she poisoned the man she wanted to marry and kept his corpse for 40 years. She wanted him all to herself because she wanted some sort of company. Although it is really sad that she was that lonely, I think that those extremes of having trouble letting go of things are haunting and disturbing.