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Emily's father had a fallout with the other family members
This event is briefly mentioned in the story ; it states that Emily's father and the rest of the family had a disagreement about Aunt Wyatt's estate. Since then, Emily and her father have been living without them. -
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A Rose for Emily
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Emily's father dies
When Emily's father dies, Emily shows no grief, as she tells everybody that he is still alive. Emily cracks at Day 3, and lets the town bury her father ; nobody is surprised by this because he was the only thing she had. -
Sidewalk pavement begins ; Homer Barron enters town and starts to hang out with Emily
A northerner named Homer Barron helps with the sidewalks, and Emily shows an interest in him. The townsfolk start seeing Homer and Emily ride with each other. -
Emily doesn't have to pay her taxes anymore due to the Colonel's pity
Colonel Satoris allows Emily, to stop paying her taxes. This is because he pities Emily. -
Emily orders arsenic ; two female cousins of Emily's were staying with her
Emily buys arsenic, even though she never reveals what she is going to use it for. The druggist gives her the poison anyways. -
Baptist minister visits Emily ; never divulged what happened during his time in the house
The ladies in the town believe that Emily shouldn't be with Barron, so they get the Baptist minister to do something about it. He only visited her once. -
Female cousins visit Emily again ; they leave in a few weeks
The minister's wife writes to Emily's family, so the two cousins stop by. The townsfolk eventually help Emily with getting rid of the two -
Homer comes back shortly after cousins leave
Homer comes back because the cousins left. Once he enters Emily's home, we don't see him until the end of the story. -
A strange smell starts to emit from Emily's home ; the Aldermen sprinkle lime around the home.
People start to complain about the smell coming from Emily's home. A quartet of people sprinkle lime around the house. http://www.graymont.com/en/what-lime -
Emily hosted china painting lessons
Emily held china painting lessons for six to seven years before shutting down in 1910. Emily shuts herself in at this point. -
Emily dies at 74
Emily dies in the basement. The townsfolk suddenly feel bad for her. -
Townsfolk discover Homer's corpse in the attic room that's been locked up for ~40 years
Once Emily is buried, the townsfolk enter her home. They find a dead Homer Barron in the attic.
