In William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily, the main idea I noticed was that Emily was lonely. In order to soothe her loneliness, Emily tried to keep those she loved close to her by trying to force love and death together in a very disquieting way. Being lonely can cause one’s self to do strange things; although it most unusual that one would resort to necrophilia. Typically, when someone dear to my heart dies, I cope with the pain by crying myself to sleep. I think over and over about how I would give anything to mend my broken heart; to bring back the one I love. This was not so with Emily. Instead of dealing with grief the way most people do, Emily dealt with her loneliness and grief by denying the fact that her loved ones had passed. Emily
