A Rose for Emily

  • Her father dies.

  • She starts seeing Homer Barron.

  • She buys arsenic.

  • Her sweetheart deserts her.

  • A smell develops.

  • In 1894, her taxes are remitted.

  • She takes china painting lessons.

  • She refuses to pay taxes.

  • Miss Emily dies.

  • Homer's dead body is found lying in Miss Emily's bed.

  • They find a long strand of iron gray hair. Most likely it was Miss Emily's hair