He eventually backs down and gives her the poison. "I want arsenic. The druggist looked down at her. She looked back at him, erect, her face like a strained. Why of course, the druggist said. If that's what you want. But the law requires you to tell what you are going to use it for. Miss Emily just starred at him, her head tilted back in order to look at him eye for eye, until he looked away and went and got the arsenic and wrapped it up" (148). This shows her total control over the situation. .
By not being allowed to have male friends, Emily feels lonely. Once her father dies, she is unsure what to do and isn't sure how to deal with the tragedy. She has no one .
now. Emily brought the isolation and loneliness to herself. After her father died , she made no attempt to make friends with any of the townspeople. It's as if the isolation and loneliness was planted in her soul as a young girl and she could never be one who derives pleasure from the company of others. Her loneliness obviously subsides when she meets Homer, a construction worker, who she accepts into her life. It must have been wonderful for her to have found Homer, she must have felt like a young girl in love. It is ironic that after her father chased all suitable young men away, that Emily would choose a man to .
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love that was below her high social class. It is almost as if she did this to rebel against or mock her father.
Along with control, Emily's father emitted signs of obsessive ness. He was obsessive with keeping his daughter to him self. Why would he do this? What normal father would not want his daughter to live a full life with friends, a husband, and children. It makes one wonder if Faulkner was hinting at sexual abuse, even though this was never .
mentioned in the story. Like her father, Emily exhibited signs of obsessive behavior. When Homer Barron, the foremen of a construction company, comes to town, Miss Emily shows interest.
