Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Emily the Criminal Mastermind Essay
In the story A Rose for Emily, Emily murders her loverà using poison. The readers are led on to think that she kills himà because she does not want him to leave her, which is what he intendsà to do. Her relationship with Homer Barron, her lover, is a normalà relationship; nothing indicates that their relationship is in any kindà of trouble. Having examined her relationship and characters, Emilyà can be seen as a master criminal. As opposite as they are of each other, they are attracted to oneà another. Although the relationship between Emily and her father isà dysfunctional, her relationship between her and Homer is a healthyà one. Homer works with a construction company, and he is in theà leadership position in his workplace. He can be seen as a joker as heà makes everyone laugh wherever he goes. He is a popular person becauseà he makes himself well known to everyone in town. Wherever he goes,à little boys would follow him to hear him talk and tell jokes. She, onà the other hand, is always quiet. She doesnââ¬â¢t talk to anyone in town. There are gossips of her but she would never confront them; instead,à she just ignores them. As opposite as Emilyââ¬â¢s personalities are toà that of Homerââ¬â¢s, they get along with each other. This shows that sheà can be sociable. After all, she can get along with the most popularà guy in town.à She is very calm, cool and collective. After her fatherà dies, some people visit her to offer sympathy, yet she is ââ¬Å"dressed asà usual with no trace of grief on her face.â⬠Even though she has killedà Homer, when the people in the town visit her because she doesnââ¬â¢t payà her property tax, she speaks to them as though there isnââ¬â¢t anythingà wrong. When she goes to buy the poison to kill Homer, she speaks withà certainty that she wants to buy the poison. ââ¬Å"I want arsenic,â⬠sheà says. This indicates that she has contemplated to kill Homer. Whenà the druggist insists that she tells him what she is going to use ità for, she silen ces him with her look. She knows what she is doing. She can be seen as controlling and manipulative by theà silence of the Negro, her house keeper. The Negro goes out to theà store every now and then to buy food from the market, he doesnââ¬â¢t talkà to anyone. Though the author does not indicate whether the Negroà knows about Homerââ¬â¢s dead corpse in the bedroom, itââ¬â¢s hard to imagineà that he doesnââ¬â¢t know about it. The neighbors complain of the smell,à which they do not know that itââ¬â¢s from a dead body. For the durationà that the body has been in the house, itââ¬â¢s impossible to imagine thatà the Negro has no knowledge of it. Assuming that he knows, yet heà doesnââ¬â¢t talk to anyone about it shows that she has control over him. Ruling out that sheââ¬â¢s suffering from insanity, one canà only conclude that sheââ¬â¢s criminal mastermind. Even though her fatherà is abusive, she is able to have meaningful relationship. Herà relationship with Homer shows that she can be sociable. After herà fatherââ¬â¢s death, she shows no grief. While having Homerââ¬â¢s body in theà bedroom upstairs, she attends to her guests as though nothing isà wrong. At the same time, she is able to keep the butler from talkingà to anyone about anything. Planning to kill Homer, she buys the poisonà without any hesitation even though the druggist asks her manyà questions. Using the control that she has over the person under herà and her environment, she gets away with murder.
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