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Explain the conflicts revealed by Emily’s behavior of killing Homer XX XXX XXXXXXXXXXXX In William Faulkner’s famous novel “ a rose for Emily”, he didn’t describe something derails about killing Homer. Just with the simple sentence: “ Homer Barron was back in town. A neighbor saw the Negro man admit him at the kitchen door at dusk one evening. And that was the last we saw of Homer Barron.” However, this was not only a suspense created by author on purpose, but also leading to the result of all the conflicts hitting together to make Emily break down, which we can understand when we finishing reading the story. Here’s the analysis of the conflicts about this murder. The Analysis of the Emily’s typical Declining Aristocracies’ character. Firstly, she was unfortunately born to be a declining aristocracy. And at that time, the background of the outside world was that the South had just lost in the Civil War. The traditional rotten nobility culture and outdated plantation economy had not disappeared entirely, while the industrial revolution had been carried out in the North. And Jefferson, which used to be the battled field, the conflicts were still existed. “The failure of the Civil War brought corruption and decline to the South, which was very obvious in economy and politics.” Secondly, it was Emily’s father to have developed Emily’s unique personalities. At that time, man was the core of the family. Woman had no freedom to choose her own life, especially about their marriage. When her father was still alive, he was so selfish and drove the young men away because no one can suit to his noble daughter. Perhaps he might want to protect Emily from the rest of the messy society. Whatever his purpose was, this kind of isolation deprived Emily’s right to love and totally ruined her life. As she grows, Emily got used to her father’s control. So when her father died, she couldn’t receive the truth and not let the others to bury her father’s body. Because she didn’t know