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William Faulkner in “A Rose for Emily” and “Dry September” creates the characters Emily Grierson and Minnie Cooper respectively. These are two women in the segregated south, who lose touch with friends and neighbors, because they’ve not socialize themselves within the mainstream of their communities. Neither of the women are married nor do they have children, so they’ve become somewhat of a loner. While, Miss Cooper has companionship, she truly doesn’t have any genuine friends. On the other hand, Grierson has no companionship other than her black servant. Because of their loneliness and isolation both, Grierson and Cooper are tragic figures who take extreme, unprecedented measures to validate themselves as desirable women worthy of love and respect.

In “A Rose for Emily”, Emily Grierson, is an eccentric woman who refuses to relieve her father even after death, because of her desperate need for love. Emily was born into wealth and raised by her father. Her father was controlling and always felt that none of the young men were quite good enough for her. Therefore, all that Emily had was her father even though he was controlling this was the only love she had known for years. After, her father passed some of the women of the neighborhood wanted to show their condolences,but were in for a surprise. “Miss Emily met them at the door, dressed as usual and with no trace of grief on her face. She told them that her father was not dead”. She had done this for three days being persuaded by doctors and ministers to let them dispose of the body. However, it wasn’t until the threat of getting law enforcement involved, that resulted in her given up the body. “Being left alone, and a pauper, she had become humanized. Now she too would know th...

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...ation was true, because of Miss Cooper’s reputation. For instance, Hawkshaw, the protagonist and barber was convinced Will Mayes was innocent because he knew the nigger well. Other’s in the barbershop agreed with Hawkshaw and questioned was this even really true. While other’s called Hawkshaw a nigger lover and despised how he could take a nigger side over a white woman. For example, McLendon, antagonist and ex soldier, was the type to kill first and ask questions later. “Come on.” McLendon said. He whirled. From his pocket protruded the butt of a heavy automatic pistol. They went out.”(381). McLendon and two other men from the barbershop went to find Will Mayes and kill him. Once they found Will Mayes they beat him up and lynched him. Meanwhile, Miss Cooper attends the movies with her “friends” who pitied her and really wondered if the negro really did anything.