Rust

Similar to Mrs. Wright, Miss. Emily also lives in a lonely and unfulfilled situation. Like Mrs. Wright, one of the ways Miss. Emily is lonely is because she does not have any personal relationships. As a child, her father would not allow her to date. This left her an old maid at the age of thirty. “None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss. Emily and such” (Faulkner 31). When she does get a boyfriend he is not willing to commit to her. “ Because Homer himself had remarked—he liked men, and it was known that he drank with the younger men in the Elk’s Club—that he was not a marrying man” (Faulkner 32). In the end she is left all alone with her silent servant. “He talked to no one, probably not even to her, for his voice had grown harsh and rusty, as if from disuse” (Faulkner 34). Both Mrs. Wright and Miss. Emily have no responsibilities and nobody to share their life with. Miss. Emily also has many reasons she is limited from society causing her to be alone. As a daughter of a founding father, Miss. Emily’s social position also confines her. Instead of being viewed as a part of the community she is described as “A tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town” (Faulkner 29). Her taxes had been remitted years before, later leaving the town upset because they were responsible for them. When Miss. Emily is left without any money the town’s people are happy. “Now she too would know the old thrill and the old despair of a penny more or less” (Faulkner 31). Due to her social status, the town’s people are continuously forcing her to be secretive. They make it a point to find out what she is doing. They find out that she gets a silver toilet set and a complete outfit of men’s clothing. They assume she got married (Faulkner 33). Miss. Emily’s isolation leaves her a lonely lady. Her lack of responsibilities leaves her unfulfilled as well. Finally, leaving Miss. Emily lonely is that she prefers not to go out amongst the judgmental town’s people. Her neighbors watch her too closely. They know if she goes out, if someone visits and who does her shopping. After Homer returns from out of town they say that is the last time they saw the two of them for a while. “The negro man went in and out with the market basket” (Faulkner 33). Emily wants to separate herself from the gossip of the town’s people. Another way she keeps to herself is by making it clear that she does not want anyone coming to her house and telling her what to do. Miss. Emily sends the Aldermen away, “She vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before about the smell” (Faulkner 30). She didn’t even want the postal service to deliver mail, “She refused to let them fasten the metal numbers above her door and attach a mailbox” (Faulkner 33). Miss. Emily is too authoritative to allow the public to get too close to her. Miss. Emily even intentionally confines herself inside her own house. Miss. Emily once gave painting lessons to the children, “The front door closed upon the last one and remained closed for good” (Faulkner33). Only a glimpse of her was seen again through a downstairs room, “She evidently shut up the top floor of the house” (Faulkner 34). Unlike Mrs. Wright, one reason Miss. Emily lives a lonely and unfulfilled life is because she chooses to isolate herself. Even though, she prefers to be isolated from the townspeople, she eventually does feel the effects of being alone and unhappy.

It’s actually grammar, with two Ms, for those of us who want to pick on the asker and not answer the question.

First, no period after Miss. Unless it’s at the end of a sentence. Just call her Miss Emily.

As far as I remember, periods go before your paranthetical citations. (Faulkner 1133)

Make sure that if your subject is singular or plural, your pronouns and verbs match it. You have a couple of problems with that in there.

Your commas and punctuation are mostly fine. Your last sentence has one comma too many.