Why did Lord Barkis kill Emily?
It has been unclear to me why Lord Barkis kills Emily in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. We only know that it happens.
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I think this was very well explained in the movie. His whole m.o. is to find a rich woman and either marry her or convince her to run away with him and her dowry. He then kills her, inherits/steals her wealth, lives comfortably as a rich widower/bachelor until the money runs out and then repeats the whole process. It's shown that this happened with Emily and now he plans to do the same with Victoria.
In the case of Emily, this is basically spelled out in the song Remains of the Day, with Barkin being the "mysterious stranger" who convinced her to elope with the family jewels.
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Why did Lord Barkis want to kill Victoria?
He is a greedy, arrogant and manipulative aristocrat who has bent on getting married to women in order to kill them, so he would be able to gain their fortune and wealth. He is known to lie when he talks about Emily when he kills her for her money.Why did Barkis kill himself?
Emily intercepts the sword and orders Barkis out of the church, but he realizes that the undead must obey the living. However, he unknowingly drinks the poisoned wine, while insulting Emily because of her death and mocking her because he was very alive, accidentally killing himself.What happened to Lord Barkis in Corpse Bride?
He was responsible for Emily's death, whom he murdered in order to steal her dowry. Bittern attempted to repeat this pattern with Victoria Everglot, but was stopped by Victor Van Dort, Victoria's fiance. Emily then orders Barkis out of the church, but he drinks poisoned wine before going and becomes undead.Are Emily and Victoria Sisters? How did Emily Die? The Corpse Bride Theory - The Fangirl
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