A Rose For Emily 7

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over her, which Emily interprets as love, is gone.
Emily never experiences a normal relationship. The townspeople do not feel affection for her in the traditional sense. Instead, they regard Emily as "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town." Emily is somewhat of a recluse. After her father’s death, she is not seen “for a long time.” Two years later, after her lover Homer Barron disappears, she stays alone inside her house for at least ten years. During this time, her only relationship with another person is with her manservent, or “Negro,” Tobe. This relationship mimics that with her father in that she holds power over him. Faulkner’s reference to Tobe as “the old Negro” rather than by his name, while congruent with feelings of that time, reinforces the nature of their impersonal, servile relationship. Once again, Emily replaces affection with power.
After her father’s death, ...

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