Essay About Man And Miss Emily

Story Of An Hour
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4.) Miss Emily had important decisions to make throughout the story. For one, she
decided that she wasnt going to pay taxes because she didnt owe any. Second, she
decided to take Homer Barrons life. She couldnt handle the fact that the town saw his as
a “mans” man and she knew that he was never going to marry her. And to make sure that
he never left her, she poisoned him with arsenic and put his body in the room above the
stairs. Miss Emilys biggest consequence throughout the story was the fact that she was
never going to pay the back taxes that she did owe, and that in order for Homer to stay
with her, she had to kill him and hide the body.
11.) Miss Emilys relationship with Homer Barron was complicated. He was looking for
a friend and she was looking for a husband. She didnt like to be alone, and since the
death of her father, I think Homer filled his shoes for her, and that is why she wasnt
about to let him leave. She just wanted to be loved. She ended up taking Homers life
because she knew that if he found the right companion, he was going to leave her and she
couldnt accept that. The question remains, did she keep him there to prove to him that
one way or the other, she was going to have him,