By William Faulkner (Katelyn and Rachel)

 Broken into five sections  Starts with the funeral and ends with her death  Many flashbacks

 The narrator recalls the funeral for Emily  Many people attended because they wanted to see the inside of her house  No one has been in her house in 10 years except her servant, Tobe  She never paid her taxes

 30 years earlier  The townspeople complain about the odor coming from Emily’s house  They trespass into her property to try and rid the smell  We find out her father had died and her sweetheart had left her (still single by age 30)  Took her 3 days to turn over her father’s body

 Takes place before part 2  Emily starts to become ill  She meets Homer who is a construction worker and he isn’t accepted into her social class  Her reputation is compromised  She bought poison, “for the rats”

 The townspeople call upon Emily’s family to come and stay with her  The townspeople are hopeful for Emily’s marriage with Homer  She buys the toilet set and nice men’s clothing  Homer enters Emily’s home and is never seen again (only the servant is seen entering and leaving her house)  Emily ages and falls ill and dies

 Emily’s body is laid out in the parlor  Everyone from town and Emily’s two cousins attend her funeral  The find a door that has been sealed for 40 years and the townspeople break into the room  They find all the items Emily had bought in hopes for her marriage and Homer’s decayed body  They also find an indention in the pillow next to Homer with a gray hair suspected to be Emily’s

 She’s a creep  The classic outsider  Hides her true identity from the town  House shields herself and represents her  Enforces her own sense of law and conduct  Pitied by the townspeople  Takes Homer’s life to achieve total power over him

 Also an outsider and a stranger to town  Initially becomes the center of attention but is soon distrusted because he is from the North and is a laborer  Outings with Emily were scandalous because he is from a lower class  Is portrayed as a homosexual (enjoyed going to bars with younger men)

 Impact of Death: Through the death of her father, Emily begins to lose her morals and her sanity Goes from being charming and beautiful to decrepit and lonely She has a bizarre relationship to dead bodies of men that she once loved She wants to fuse life and death but ultimately death triumphs

 Her house: Represents Emily and her dark side and her sheltered nature  The strand of her hair: Represents love lost, and perverse things that people do for their pursuit of happiness

 Emily’s odd actions towards the men she loved demonstrates her need for control and acceptance in her broken life.

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