A Rose For Emily

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

A Rose For Emily

By Nero, Jelle and Frederique

16-6-2021

Content

• Characters
• Plot
• Setting
• Mood
• Theme
• Narrator
• Study Questions

Introduction

• William Faulkner
• 1930
• Southern Gothic

Characters

• Emily Grierson
• Homer Barron
• Colonel Sartoris
• Mr. Grierson
• Tobe
• Cousins

Plot

• Father's death
• Homer
• Poison
• Taxes
• Funeral

What do the town members do about the smell of Emily"s house?

1. They cleaned it theirselves
2. They let her move out
3. They prinkle lime around her house
4. They let Tobe fix it

What does the narrator find at the end on Emily's pillow?

1. Her father's watch
2. A rose
3. A handkerchief
4. A gray hair

Setting

• Jefferson
• 75 years

What is the occasion in the opening of the story?

1. a lynching
2. a funeral
3. a wedding
4. a dance

Mood

• Ominous
• Gloomy

Theme

• Death

What would be another good theme?

Narrator

• Omniscient
• "We"

Study Questions

1.List five things to know about William Faulkner.

2.Explain Faulkner's reasoning for focusing his writing on one Southern county. 

3.Explain how the Grierson house and Emily’s appearance is a reflection of the family's changing fortunes through the years. 4.Give three examples of the town's inability to deal normally with Miss Emily. 

5.Miss Emily's sanity is called into question. Give a valid example of her inability to cope with life. 

6.Describe Homer Barron and explain why you think Emily's attracted to him.

7.As you reflect on the events in this video,what are some examples of foreshadowing?

8.Explain how the title of the story can be seen as ironic when you think about roses as romantic symbols of love. 

9.At what points did you notice any foreshadowing of the ending? Did the story prepare you to expect something different from Miss Emily? 

Study Questions

10.This story is told by "we": who do you imagine this narrator (or narrators) to be? Young or old? Male or female? Both? What is their attitude toward Emily? How is this represented by their calling her "Miss Emily"? What do they remember about her? How does this shape your attitude toward her? Do you find yourself sympathizing with her situation as thecentreof the town's attention (and gossip)? 

11.Women of the Old South and of a ‘good family’were often put on pedestals as paragons of virtue and respectability and given special treatment as ‘ladies’.How do you see these attitudes at work in this story? How have they shaped Miss Emily's life and how people view her? Why is she called a "fallen monument" in the first paragraph?