What higher truth could Miss Emily be serving in "A Rose for Emily"? You might want to consider Miss Emily as an anti-hero, or someone who lacks...

I don't really see that Emily is serving any kind of
"higher truth" when she murders her lover, Homer Barron, in cold blood. I can suggest
several excuses that might be considered, but none of them would be even slightly
acceptable in a civilized
world.

• HOMER WAS A
  YANKEE.  Memories of the Civil War were still alive and well in
  Jefferson, so it could be argued that Emily chose to avenge Southern womanhood by
  slaying the Yankee invader who ransacked her chastity and then tried to head
  North.


• RAT POISON FOR A
  RAT.  Emily's murder may have been a symbolic statement, since she chose
  arsenic for the trap she used to kill the man who deserted
  her.


• A PROMISE IS A
  PROMISE.  We don't even know for sure if Homer ever promised to marry
  Emily, but if so, Emily may have decided to take the vow of "till death do us part"
  quite literally.