Is it possible to link "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather and "A Rose for Emily" by Faulkner thematically?

The story Paul's Case by Willa Cather
and the story A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner have certain
themes that they share in common.

One of those themes is
non-conformity and the inability to accept life just like it is. In the case of Paul, he
dreams of having the life of a dandy in such an obsessive way that he stops at nothing
to try to achieve his dream. Similarly,the character of Emily cannot and will not accept
that times have hanged, that she is not the Southern aristocrat that she used to be, and
that she is simply not loved by the man she loves,
Homer.

Like Paul, Emily went outside of the paradigms of
common sense and reason to achieve her desire to keep Homer by killing him and keeping
his body until her death. Paul's extreme measure was to escape to New York, live under a
false identity, and then end his own life when he realized that the end of his lie was
near.

The isolation, dejection, and loneliness that these
two main characters experience is a result of their non-conformity and inability to
adapt to life. Therefore, madness and other strange behaviors take control of them.
Thematically speaking, that would be the best way to combine these two otherwise diverse
stories together. However, it is a fact that the theme of non-conformity and loneliness
hit hard on both stories, with the same results.