https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr Brought to you by: Olivia Kim and Maegan Entwistle en-us 2016-09-22 16:31:10 UTC 2026-03-04 17:59:20 UTC hello@padlet.com maeganentwistle https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/125792127 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).]]> 2016-09-22 16:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/125792127 maeganentwistle https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/126071876 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.

]]> 2016-09-23 16:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/126071876 maeganentwistle https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/126076425 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.]]> 2016-09-23 16:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/126076425 maeganentwistle https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/126536155 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.]]> 2016-09-27 01:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/126536155 maeganentwistle https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/126540039 2016-09-27 01:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/126540039 maeganentwistle https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/126540855 2016-09-27 01:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/126540855 maeganentwistle https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/126541518 2016-09-27 01:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/maeganentwistle/h0fyne27x1pr/wish/126541518