A Rose for Emily

I was confused by the ending of this story. Based on how upset she was when her father died and the denial she felt then, I'm guessing she was too upset to go outside again or to tell anyone. I also think this leads to the final detail about the "long strand of iron-gray hair". I believe she wanted to still be close with him so she laid in bed with the man in denial that he was really gone. Miss Emily went through such a tradgedy of death not once but twice that she didn't know what else to do. She probably didn't want her own life to continue and that is why she never left her house. I think she stayed inside to die alone without because she couldn't bare to lose anybody else she became close with.