red and Emily was attracted by him, and Emily was too lonely and empty, and she was eager to pany, but to her disappointment, he refused to marry her. She knew that she couldn ’t control his life when he was alive, so she decided to kill him. In order to own him forever, Emily killed him by using drug. To a large extent, Emily ’s life was deeply affected by her father ’s control, even ruined by her father. If there ’sno her father ’s strong control, she might get married at the right time and certainly she wouldn ’t make her pany by killing him. So the theme of the short story which the author was trying to show was that he attacked the men ’s domination over women by Emily ’s murder, her necrophilia , and her separation from outside for many years, and meanwhile the author also showed his