Answer:
When Emily's father passed away, she wouldn't admit he was dead. It took three days for her to allow people to remove his body from their home. ... Thus, the death of her father and the revelation of her poverty marked the point at which the townspeople began to feel sorry for Miss Emily.
It keeps them on edge, and makes them cave into whatever you are persuading them to do/say/buy etc.
Can you add the passages if possible in not familiar with the mwb
