Emily was a very lonely woman and that was due to her father. He sheltered her and did not let her get close to other people. Her father made himself her world and he was all that she knew and when he died the world that she knew had been destroyed. Miss. Emily did not have anyone to fill the void that her father had left. Even when the ladies of the town came to visit and pay condolences she "met the women at the door and showed no signs of grief and

When Homer came to town he was Miss Emily's replacement for her father. She became focused on him. Homer was someone Miss. Emily hoped would become her world and someone that she could focus her existence around. Miss. Emily's father would not have approved of Homer because he was a "commoner." Homer only dated Miss. Emily because of her social standing, not because he was interested in her, "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 the marrying man." This was a contributing factor to Miss. Emily's motive for killing Homer. She knew that he was going to leave after he was finished with her. Also, Emily's father had driven away lots of young men including her sweetheart and t

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Approximate Word count = 518
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)