The cousin's snootiness and high expectations of the Grierson family legacy made it difficult for Emily and Homer to be together as a couple. "The two female cousins were more Grierson than Miss Emily had ever been." (5) The cousins would keep Emily in line because they were more aristrocatic, therefore forcing Emily into keeping the family name pure by not being with a labor worker who often got drunk and liked men.

The cousins had a talk with Emily, which drove Homer out for a short period of time. For fear of Homer leaving her, she ventured to the local pharmacy to purchase arsenic (then used as rat poison) for what she believed might be the only way to keep the man she loved from leaving her.

Emily's father scared all her suitors away, believing that she was too good for all of them, which in turn left her single at a very old age.

Emily's over-possessive, father traumatized her into believing that she would be alone all of her life. "The 'Patrimony of a man' destroys Emily as her father smothers her with ov

Homer Baron, who was very inconsiderate and casual about her past, contributed to his own murder. Homer Barron was a bi-sexual, Yankee, drunk who was going to leave her after he had his way with her. She knew this from the town's gossip and she was growing more and more insecure about Homer. "We can imagine, however the outcome might have been had Homer Barron, who was not the marrying man, succeeded, in the town's eyes, in seducing her and then deserting her." (Short Story criticisms 150) Homer was seen drinking at the bar with men and it was known that he was interested in men. Homer was never really intending to stay long term with Emily. He was just a passer by who was only there for road construction. "And when she lost him she could see that for her that was the end of life, there was nothing left except to grow older, alone, solitary." (Internet 2) The thing she feared the most was being alone with no companion. Emily had endured all of this from her father too long and she was not going to stand for this.

er-protectiveness. He prevents her from courting anymore" (Internet 1). Her father never gave her the opportunity of a happy, joyful family life, which every person deserves. Her father never gave her the opportunity of a happy, joyful family life, which every person deserves. When her father died and she found someone she liked, she instantly bec

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