Jediael A.

Ortega Lit 2 2:30-3:30 BS Psychology March 31, 2023

1. Explain why Emily had to sleep with the decomposed body of Homer Barron

for a number of years?

Emily had to sleep with the decomposed body of Hommer Barron since

Emily doesn’t want to experience again the feeling of being alone, the

feeling that she had experience when her Father died. Emily had to

poison Hommer for the reason that she doesn’t want Hommer to leave

her side and so the idea of poisoning him is something would make him

stay. Emily killed Homer for the reason that she can’t live without him,

but he won’t stay voluntarily. Adopting the aforementioned adage that,

“if I can’t have him, nobody can,” Emily has ensured that she, and she

alone, will possess Homer. She lies with his corpse because it

represents the husband or lover she never had but always craved.

2. In your own opinion, do you consider “A Rose for Emily” a gothic genre?

Why? Cite specific details to express your point.

A “Rose for Emily” is a representation of the Southern Gothic stories

since the theme of love lost, death, and murder are present in it. The

elements present in the story depicts Gothic nature in terms of the

description of the house, the poison that she brought and the ending of

the story where the corpse of Hommer Barron was discovered and later
is known that Emily slept with the his corpse for years. The author

employs gothic elements to the story, the decaying corpse as well as the

secret horror that are subject to Emily’s suspicious house. All of these

presented elements contributed to the plot’s developed by creating a

certain kind of atmosphere.