Rarely can a cold-blooded killer be called a hero, and the
case of Miss Emily Grierson is no exception. Although it may be possible to feel some
sympathy for her, Miss Emily responds to rejection by murdering the man who declined to
marry her. She planned to do so beforehand, purchasing rat poison for the purpose of
giving it to Homer Barron. She may have considered him a rat for deciding to leave her,
but poor Homer didn't deserve the end that came to him, nor was there anything
heroic--symbolic, perhaps, but not heroic--in Emily's method of retaliation. Like her
father's body, which Emily refused to allow to be removed from the house for several
days, she was a possessive type who
...would have to cling to that which had robber
her.
Why did she feel the
need to do so? Perhaps it was due to her upbringing, since many townspeople believed
the
...Griersons held themselves a little too high
for what they really were.
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