Why Murder? In the short story “A Rose For Emily” and the short story “Killings” people have been murdered and the motivations for the killings are understandable but never the less still murders. The reason for murder in “A Rose For Emily” is not as clearly shown as with “Killings”, that story is a classic “eye for an eye” type story. The main character in “A Rose for Emily” (Emily) and the main character in “…showed first 75 words of 843 total…

…showed last 75 words of 843 total…son. Perhaps Matt’s reasons were nobler but nonetheless they still killed people. The society we live in is not always fair, but that doesn’t mean we can go around and do as we see fit, disregarding the laws and rules of the land. Love is definitely a powerful emotion as we can see from the two stories; it is the driving force behind many things even murder as Emily and Matt found out.