Emily Brent Character Analysis

Emily Brent’s acts as an egotistical person and as a false Christian. She believes that she is perfect because she thinks that her religion is perfect. Emily feels that she is better than everybody else because she believes that she is a perfect Christian. She is a mean old woman who thinks people who are “modern“ are bad because they don’t have traditional values. “In a non-smoking carriage, Miss Emily Brent sat very upright as was her custom. She was sixty-five and did not approve of lounging,” (page 7). Being so impoverished Emily, is completely willing to take a free vacation. She doesn’t even know who for sure who is inviting her to Soldier Island. “With her income so much reduced and so many dividends not being paid…”(9 & 10)
Emily begins to explain to Vera what had happened to Beatrice. “Naturally I did not keep her an hour under my roof. No one shall ever say that I condoned immorality...she threw herself into the river...Her own action her own sin that was what drove her to it . If she had behaved like a decent modest young women none of this would have happened,” (111). She finally revealed what happened to Vera. As more and more people started dying, Emily starts to show more guilt. Emily loses a lot of sleep and she begins to go insane. As she is writing in her diary she, “THE MURDERER'S NAME IS BEATRICE TAYLOR…” (175). After she writes that she realizes what she wrote. She takes a moment and realizes that she is going insane. This is the point when the guilt from Beatrice Taylor death catches up with Emily. Emily realizes that she is the one who is responsible for Emily’s
As the story goes on Vera goes from thinking that Emily is crazy to thinking that she a disturbing, wicked person. “The little elderly spinster was no longer slightly ridiculous to Vera. Suddenly she was terrible,” (112). Emily explains to Vera why she was accused of murdering Beatrice Taylor. Vera finds out that Beatrice committed suicide after Emily kicked her out of her house for being pregnant. When Vera asks Emily if she feels any guilt about Beatrice’s death she said no. Vera then realizes how horrible Emily is. When Emily is trying to figure out who the murderer is, she uses God in all of her reasons for the person being the