A Rose for EMily

  • Her father dies

  • She refuses to belive he is dead

  • Her father left her the house but no money, she "can be pitied now" because she is poor

  • Has taxes remitted

  • Meets Homer Baron when he is in town to help build sidewalks

  • Is seen riding in a carriage with Homer often

  • Buys arsenic from pharmacy, does not say what for

  • Cousins come to town, but everyone in town hates them

  • Homer leaves town

  • Cousins leave

  • Homer comes back to town

  • Homer is seen coming into house, never seen leaving

  • Homer dies around this time, i think

  • Emily does not leave house for long time

  • Her house begins to reek, townsmen sprinkle lime in her yard

  • Leaves house and has gray hair now

  • Starts giving china painting lessons

  • Stops giving painting lessons

  • completly stops leaving house

  • She Dies

  • Funeral held

  • Towns people break down door and find Homer's corpse

    Find Homer's corpse