Conclusion The Bed, the Rotting Corpse, and the Hair The townspeople entered the bedroom that had been locked for 40 years, only to find the rotting corpse of Homer Barron and a long strand of iron-gray hair on the bed.
The thematic analysisThree Levels On the super-facial level
On the symbolic level
On the deeper level
It is a murder story with elements of Gothic literature
The story can be read as a conflict between the South and North with Emily representing the South and Homer representing the North .The South takes revenge on the North.
The story explores the inner world of human being or the inner struggle in the human heart.