A Rose For Emily Flashcards
Who wrote “A Rose For Emily”?
William Faulkner
WHO ARE THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY?
- Emily Grierson
- Colonel Sartoris
- Judge Stevens
- Homer Barron
- Tobe
Where is the Setting?
Jefferson
Whose perspective is talking in the story
The narrator & townspeople
What are the themes?
- Traditional & Modern
- Death
WHAT DO THE PEOPLE OF JEFFERSON CALL EMILY?
- A monument, tradition itself
- Emily is the living embodiment of a declining tradition over the years; from being a young noblewoman to looking like she was drowned and bloated, to dying from some sort of unnamed illness
DESCRIBE EMILY’S RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FATHER
Her father was very controlling to the point that he still controls her even after his death: his portrait remains in the parlor and not long after his death, Emily’s lover abandoned her.
•Emily kept his corpse as a way to control him—the awful smell of the house came from his rotting corpse
WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN EMILY AND THE GRIERSON HOUSE
The Grierson House represent Emily: decaying
WHAT DID EMILY DO TO HOMER BARRON?
She poisoned him and then bedded his corpse
DO YOU THINK EMILY’S ACTIONS IN THE END WERE STILL INFLUENCED BY HER FATHER?
- Yes
* Her controlling attitude towards Homer Barron can be an influence from her own father’s controlling manner.
