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Claim: Being that Homer was out of her reach, and all she had felt before was loneliness and alienation, she decided to take his life to fill her void of companionship.

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Claim: Being that Homer was out of her reach, and all she had felt before was loneliness and alienation, she decided to take his life to fill her void of companionship.

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Emily is resistant to change, as she denies the death of her father, her dwindling fortune, and most importantly the idea of Homer, whom she loves, having any chance of leaving her. "She will persuade him yet," because Homer himself had remarked – he liked men, and it was known that he drank with the younger men in the Elks' Club – that he was not a marrying man" (pg 32 ). Knowing Homer was not an aristocrat, southerner, nor "the marrying man" she could not fathom losing another male figure in her life. If this would occur, she would once again feel alone and alienated. To prevent that from ever happening Emily decided to murder Homer to halt any chance of him physically leaving her, so that he (his corpse) could be with her until she to has passed.

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Claim: The prenotations and demands of her social status heavily contributed to her alientation.

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Claim: The prenotations and demands of her social status heavily contributed to her alientation.

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Emily coming from wealth and aristocracy, made others perceive her differently, viewing her in high standards, "Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town…" (pg 29 ). Emily feels isolated and separated from those around her. Even more so when she falls in love with Homer, someone not from her social class, while the feelings she has for him is denied by her family and status,"At first we were glad that Miss Emily would have an interest, because the ladies all said, “Of course a Grierson would not think seriously of a Northerner, a day laborer.” But there were still others, older people, who said that even grief could not cause a real lady to forget noblesse oblige—without calling it noblesse oblige" (pg 32 ). She is continuously perceived to be different, and not able to freely form relationships with those around (due to her aristocracy), resulting in her alienation.

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Claim: Emily's father was a factor of her alienation, due to his obsessive protection over her.

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Claim: Emily's father was a factor of her alienation, due to his obsessive protection over her.

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Within southern gothic, hints of latent incestual  undertones are common. Emily's father was exceedingly protective, turning away all her suitors, "We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that which had robbed her, as people will" (pg 31). As her suitors were chased away, no one was available for her to form a romantic or any intimate relationships (as a teen/young adult), with that in mind, she had no one else to "cling" to but her father.

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Emily's social status, towns people, and family caused her  alienation and loneliness. The continuous alienation Emily experiences leads to her insanity and warped thinking.

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Emily's social status, towns people, and family caused her  alienation and loneliness. The continuous alienation Emily experiences leads to her insanity and warped thinking.

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Her social status forbids her to interact and form close relationships with others ( that are not from her class). And being an aristocrat, the towns people put her on a pedestal, furthering her isolation. Emily's father severely shields her from suitors, including the Greirsons, who deny the one she loves (who is Homer, a blue collar worker and northerner). Emily's growing desire for love and companionship soon led to her twisted sense of thinking; murdering Homer and keeping his corpse (necrophilia).