Minnie and Emily: Peas in a Pod

Miss Minnie Cooper in "Dry September" and Miss Emily Pierson in "A Rose for Miss Emily" are very similar in so many ways. Faulkner nearly recreated Miss Emily in a more youthful manner when presenting Miss Minnie. Both have a nonexistent social life and are bound by social position in their small town. However, they are different because Miss Emily never yearned for a social or romantic life that Miss Minnie longed for. Miss Minnie was not only in need of a social life, but also a romantic life. She wanted attention in all aspects. She vied for the attention of those in her community, especially from men.
Both Miss Minnie and Miss Emily are tragic characters in Faulkner's short stories. Miss Minnie is tragic because she seems to be stuck in her own little fantasy world engulfed in a life of social privilige and image. She's unable to see her wrongful actions in accusing Will Mayes of raping her. Miss Emily is a tragic character become she was left to live a corpse like existence without the company of anyone but her dead husband she slept with every night.
Both characters are two peas in a pod. Even though Miss Emily is a more exaggerated version of Miss Minnie, she both still fit in the same category. Maybe Miss Emily's case was more drastic because she comes from a family of more prestige in her community, therefore she had to adhere to harsher social norms.
Faulkner made me fall in love with his short stories all over again while reading "Dry September" after "A Rose for Emily." He reigns supreme with his short stories.