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A Rose for Emily

by: William faulkner

Jaya, Ayesha, Kevin, Adam, Zayaan

Types of conflict

‘A Rose For Emily’ By William Faulkner is characterized as a gothic story which "combines fiction and horror, death, sometimes including happiness and romance".

Ayesha

Character vs. Society:

This conflict is amidst the main character and the narrator. The narrator is constantly saying “we” as in the people of the town is observing Emily.

  • Emily refuses to pay her taxes when she is required to do so.
  • There’s a smell coming from emily’s house and the town sprinkles lime around her home.
  • The town starts gossiping about Emily because she is sleeping with Homer.
  • Emily refuses to do as the town asks her to do and move on like the neighborhood.
  • Emily refuses to tell the druggist what the poison is for. “the law requires you to tell what you are going to use the poison for.”

Character vs. Society:

anthony funari. “William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily".” The Mad Literature Professor, 5 Sept. 2013, introtolitfunari.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/william-faulkners-a-rose-for-emily/.

rose for emily . “THE PLOT OF THE STORY.” A Rose for Emily, 14 Dec. 2015, anastasiamalyshko.blogspot.ca/2015/12/the-plot-of-story.html.

Character Vs. Self

Faulkner tells us in the story that Emily had a great-aunt, ‘Old lady Wyatt’ who was mentally unstable which hints to us that it’s probably hereditary. Emily struggles to face reality.

  • Emily did not face the reality of her father’s death for three days.
  • Her inability to acknowledge the truth about the man she fell in love with, ‘Homer’ and how he stated that he’s ‘not the marrying man’.
  • Emily had been sleeping beside Homer’s dead body for a while.

Character Vs. Self

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anthony funari. “William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily".” The Mad Literature Professor, 5 Sept. 2013, introtolitfunari.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/william-faulkners-a-rose-for emily/.

character vs. character

This conflict is between Emily and Homer, she was in love with him thinking of their future together except Homer was on the contrary.

  • It was said in the story that “Homer remarked” that he liked men and he drank with young men at the elk’s club.
  • In order to keep him to herself, Emily is suspicious for poisoning Homer with the arsenic.

character vs. character

Lifeasweknowitnow. “No Roses For Emily.” Lifeasweknowitnow, 6 May 2016, lifeasweknowitnowblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/no-roses-for-emily/.

Is the title appropriate? Why/Why not?

The author of the story, William Faulkner described the whole story as a “gift to Emily”. Faulkner is trying to ‘pay tribute’ to her, because the town is constantly checking up on her, suspicious, afraid and because she has “undergone a great tragedy”. The rose in the title is ‘symbolic’ as Faulkner described “allegorical” because he is trying to convey sympathy for Emily.

Is the title appropriate? Why/Why not?

As the reader it is very easy to critic and suspect Emily, because we have no idea what are her thoughts and feelings are. The title of the story is appropriate because William Faulkner gave a specific explanation for it that supports this reasoning which I mentioned previously.

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Plot Graph

Set-UP:

-Post war in the 1930's

-Fictional Southern County in Jefferson, Mississippi called Yoknapatawpha.

-"big, squarish frame house that had once been white..."

Plot Graph

Inciting Incident:

-Miss Emily Grierson avoided paying her taxes

-Mayors and the Aldermen called a special meeting in the Grierson household

-"Colonel Startoris" has been dead for almost 10 years

Zayaan

Plot graph

Rising action:

-Homar Barron the construction worker

-"whenever you heard a lot of laughing anywhere about the square, Homer would be in the centre of the group"

-The whole town loved homer including Emily

Plot graph

Climax:

-Miss Emily went to the drug store for some poison

-The law required Miss Emily to say what the poison was for.

-Couple days later, she was delivered Arsenic which read "for rats"

Plot graph

Falling action:

-Miss Emily starts getting older and develops grey hair

-The whole town knows that she will die soon

-Homer Barron vanishses

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Resolution:

-The town breaks into Miss Emilys house

-Homer and Emily are laying dead inside the room

-Emily finally got what she wanted

Assigned questions

Ayesha

1. Find out what the term ‘noblesse oblige’ means.

“The obligation of honourable, generous, and responsible behaviour associated with high rank or birth.”

1. Find out what the term ‘noblesse oblige’ means.

In the story the townspeople take offence and get irritated by the fact that Homer has caught the eye of Emily, a “southern aristocratic” woman.

2. What significance can be attached to the last sentence in the story? Why does Faulkner stress the fact that the hair is iron-grey and long?

2. What significance can be attached to the last sentence in the story? Why does Faulkner stress the fact th...

When Faulkner describes the hair found on the pillow beside Homer Barron’s dead body he stresses the fact that the hair is “iron-grey” and long. Iron represents strength and unwillingness to change. This is shown through Emily’s unwillingness to bend to anyone else’s will, and desire to live life on her own terms. She shows this when she refuses to pay taxes in the town and lets no one into her home. She also has a relationship with Homer Barron, a man who the town considers to be below Emily’s status.

Adam

Question 2 cont.

Grey hair also represents decay and loss of youth, reflecting Emily’s life, first of being suppressed by her father who drove away suitors, to her relationship with a new northerner which, as the readers may assume, is toxic and unhealthy. Emily’s personality reflects the change-resisting behavior of the american south, living by her own rules, much like the old-fashioned south at the time. Her graying hair shows that Emily, despite her defiant attitude, is simply human and has human needs, such as love and happiness.

Kevin

3.Explain what you think the title of the story means.

-Throughout the story "A Rose for Emily" the rose in title symbolized

- The rose also symbolized a token of affection

- The title could have also suggested that it's presenting emily with respect for what has happened throughout the story and the town feeling pity for all the tragedy in her life.

- Flowers (rose) are commonly found at funeral's,

Zayaan

4.Explain in detail why Miss Emily does not pay taxes.

Kevin

Themes

- "Loneliness can lead one into depression"

- "Obsession can lead to self-destruction"

- "Denial is the deadliest form of grief"

Literary Devices

In the story A Rose for Emily the main literary device used is the flashback.

Literary Devices

  • The story is told in 5 different parts, each time flashing back to a different period in Miss Emily's life, as well as after her life has ended.
  • Part 1 describes the town after Emily's death, supposedly in the present.
  • The story flashes back to her life in parts 2,3, and 4, describing her father driving off suitors, her father's death, her relationship with Homer Barron, as well as her solitude in her mysterious house.

Adam

Example

"So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before about the smell."

Example

Imagery

"...only Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps-an eyesore among eyesores."

Imagery

“What was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of the nightshirt, had become inextricable from the bed in which he lay; and upon him and upon the pillow beside him lay that even coating of the patient and biding dust.”

Symbolism

Emily's house represents alienation and death. This is shown through Emily's sheltered life in her "eyesore" of a home. Her love interest, Homer Barron was against their marriage, as it was hinted at that he was gay. Emily poisoned Homer, after he had refused her offer of marriage, preserving her love, her last hope of marriage after an isolated life in her home.

Strand of hair: In Question 2

Jaya

analysis of the major characters

Emily Grierson

  • Main character/Anti-Hero
  • lacks morals: disobeys the law
  • Controlling
  • behaviour motivated by her father controlling nature
  • Indirect characterization:
  • "Alive, Ms Emily had been a tradition, a duty and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town..."
  • "Poor Emily"= pitty

analysis of the major characters

Mr grierson

  • Antagonist-Controlled Emilys life
  • made her miserable; lasting psychological effect
  • Indirect characterization:
  • “in the crayon portrait kept on the gilt-edged easel in the parlor, and silhouetted in the doorway, horsewhip in hand, having chased off another of Emily’s suitors”

Mr grierson

Homer Barron

  • Outsider, notherner, homesexual
  • Charming and center of attention
  • Modernizing the south
  • Ind
  • irect characterization
  • A yankee--a big, dark, ready man, with a big voice and eyes lighter than his face

Homer Barron

p. . v

point of view

  • First person narration
  • Unidentified character
  • Represents the town people
  • Ex:
  • "At first we were glad that Miss Emily would have an interest, because the ladies all said, "Of course a Grierson would not think seriously of a Northerner, a day laborer." But there were still others, older people, who said ..."

Game: HINTS !

RULES:

  • Divide into two groups
  • 1 teammate from each team must volunteer
  • Team must use words that hint the secret word to the player standing infron of the board
  • cant say the word or spell it
  • 3-5 rounds
  • winning team gets a prize

Bibliography

Ayesha:

  • Understanding "A Rose For Emily", SixMinuteScholar, 1 Mar. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=cglJEqsjVyg.

  • Faulkner, William. A rose for Emily, and other stories. Nanʼun-Do, 1965.

  • “Noblesse Oblige.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, 15 Feb. 2018, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noblesse%20oblige.

  • Shmoop Editorial Team. "A Rose for Emily What's Up With the Title?" Shmoop. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 28 Feb. 2018.

Jayas

Gracy, Tim. ""A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner -- classic story explained, timeline given."

YouTube. February 18, 2015. Accessed February 26, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ckk2p6Wwe8.

Bibliography

Zayaan

  • “A Rose for Emily.” SparkNotes, SparkNotes, m.sparknotes.com/short-stories/a-rose-for-emily/summary/
  • #435736, erica n, and Answered byjill d #170087on 4/13/2015 1:19 AM. “Why does miss emily refuse to pay taxes? A Rose For Emily and Other Short Stories Questions Q & A.” GradeSaver: Getting you the grade, www.gradesaver.com/short-stories-of-william-faulkner/q-and-a/why-does-miss-emily-refuse-to-pay-taxes-247527

Adam’s Bibliography:

  • “A Rose for Emily.” SparkNotes, SparkNotes, www.sparknotes.com/short-stories/a-rose-for-emily/.
  • Faulkner, William. A rose for Emily, and other stories. Nanʼun-Do, 1965.

Kevin's Bibliography:

  • “Rose Flower Meaning.” Flower Meaning, www.flowermeaning.com/rose-flower-meaning/.
  • McManus, Dermot. “A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner.” The Sitting Bee, 6 Aug. 2014, sittingbee.com/a-rose-for-emily-william-faulkner/.
  • Faulkner, William. A rose for Emily, and other stories. Nanʼun-Do, 1965.
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