Emily's notion of "loving" Homer is also ironic. Rather than "'till death do us part," Emily's self-created marriage is formed by death. She murders the man she loves in order to form a lasting bond with him; their "marriage" is barren (Barron), and in the end, the lasting bond Emily thought she had created by murdering Homer ultimately cuckolds him:
"The body had apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace, but now the long sleep that outlasts love, that conquers even the grimace of love, had cuckolded him."
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