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Name: Praxides, Rachelle V. Subject: INWOLIT Section: BSBAA31 Time: 1-4pm
Name: Praxides, Rachelle V. Subject: INWOLIT Section: BSBAA31 Time: 1-4pm
Section: BSBAA31
Subject: INWOLIT
Time: 1-4pm
The object of fascination in the story. A mysterious figure who changes from a
vibrant and hopeful young girl to a very secretive old woman. Devastated and
alone after her fathers death, an object of pity of the townspeople. She ultimately
poisons her potential suitor Homer and sealed his corpse into an upstairs room.
Homer Barron-
A foreman from the North. Large man with a dark complexion, a booming voice,
and light-colored eyes. A gruff and demanding boss, he also wins many admires in
Jefferson because of his gregarious nature and good sense of humor. She
develops interest in Emily and soon townspeople view him as a poor, if not
scandalous, choice for a mate. He disappears in Emilys house and decomposes
in an attic bedroom after Emily kills him.
Judge Steven-
Mr. Grierson-
Emilys father. Controlling father, he wanted the best for his daughter especially
the best husband for her.
Tobe-
Emilys servant. He dutifully cares for her and tends to her needs. After Emilys
death, he walks out of the back door and never returns.
Colonel Santoris-
Former mayor of Jefferson. Colonel Santoris absolves Emily for any tax burden
after the death of her father. His elaborate and benevolent gesture is not heeded
by the succeeding generation of town leaders.
SUMMARY:
The story begins at the huge funeral of Miss Emily Grierson. Most of the people of Jefferson went
to her house for her funeral. Nobody has been to her house in ten years, except for her servant, Tobe. Her
house was old, but once the best house in town. She is a motherless child, so when her father died she
denied his death for three days until she break down and gives up the body for burial. The town had a
special relationship with Miss Emily ever since it decided to stop billing her for taxes in 1894. While her
father was alive they had much money. Her family had so much wealth that when the town needed financial
help Emilys father came through to loan the mayor colonel Santoris money. However, after the mayor died
the new generation wasnt happy with this arrangement because they did not have the verbal paper
agreement and thus, they required her to pay taxes but she flatly refused to pay.
Thirty years before, the tax townspeople collector had a strange encounter with Miss Emily about a
bad smell at her house, about two years ago after her father died and a short time after her lover Homer
Barron disappeared. Lots of people complained about the bad smell but the authorities didnt confront Miss
Emily about the problem. So, they sprinkled lime around her house and soon the smell eventually gone.
Not too long after her father died Emily begins to go out with Homer Barron the construction
foreman at their town. Most people saw them riding in his yellow-wheeled buggy every Sunday afternoon.
The town heavily disapproves the affair and brings Emilys cousins to town to stop the relationship. One
day, Emily is seen buying arsenic at the drugstore, and the town thinks that Homer broke her heart and that
she is planning to kill herself.
When she bought bunch of mens items, the townspeople think that they are going to get married.
Homer leaves town, her cousins leaves town, and then Homer come back. He is the last person seen to
enter the front door of Miss Emilys house. After that, people rarely seen Ms. Emily leaves her house,
except for a period of half years when she gave a painting lesson.
At the age of seventy-four Emily died from illness in one of her downstairs bedroom that hasnt
seen light in many years. Her hair turns gray and she gains weight. Tobe, her servant, lets in the town
women and then leaves by the backdoor forever. After the funeral, and after Emily is buried, the
townspeople go upstairs to break into the room that they know has been closed for forty years and that they
discovered Miss Emilys disturbing long kept secret.
Inside, they find the corpse of Homer Barron, stretched out on the bed with a suit and wedding
tokens spread about. As the townspeople entered and moved closer to the bed one discovered a long
strand of gray hair upon the pillow next to him.
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