A Rose for Emily

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  What is the horrible revelation about Miss Emily that the story ends with? How is this related to the overall meaning of the story?

  Posted by polly90 on Sep 29, 2008 at 12:40 PM

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  What does the title suggest about the townspeople’s feelings towards Miss Emily? What does she represent to them and how is their attitude ironic?

  Posted by pauline.fridh on Sep 29, 2008 at 11:21 AM

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  In "A Rose for Emily", who is Homer Barron and how did he and Miss Emily meet?

  Posted by tangogurl09 on Sep 28, 2008 at 08:07 AM

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  Compare and contrast Matilda in "The Necklace" by Guy De Maupassant, to Emily in "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner.

  Posted by jack123 on Sep 27, 2008 at 05:44 AM

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  List things that Emily holds on to in the story "A Rose for Emily."

  Posted by dut on Sep 17, 2008 at 10:36 AM

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  Could someone help me see three things these stories have in common? "A Rose for Emily" and "Hills like White Elephants"?

  Posted by beithoven on Sep 13, 2008 at 05:46 PM

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  What is the role of "the smell" incident in the story "A Rose for Emily"?

  Posted by kings on Sep 10, 2008 at 07:10 PM

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  In "A Rose for Emily", why did Miss Emily say she needed arsenic?

  Posted by bethtinajones on Sep 10, 2008 at 12:02 PM

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  Why weren't there any suitable suitors for Emily?

  Posted by siva1989 on Jul 23, 2008 at 08:42 AM

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  In "A Rose for Emily," what does Emily do to contribute to herself being out casted by the people in her town?

  Posted by englit1990 on Jul 7, 2008 at 09:58 AM

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  In "A Rose for Emily," why did Emily kill Homer Barron?

  Posted by john08 on Jul 1, 2008 at 11:01 PM

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  "She looked bloated, ...". What do you learn about her way of life and her attitude toward the life in "A Rose for Emily"?

  Posted by stupidmanmonkey on Jun 23, 2008 at 08:24 AM

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  In "A Rose for Emily," does Emily represent the “old South”? Why

  Posted by superdylon on Jun 15, 2008 at 02:21 PM

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  In "A Rose for Emily," what are some of the reasons that Emily only went into a relationship after her father's death?

  Posted by sungodess84 on May 15, 2008 at 03:40 PM

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  In the third section of "A Rose for Emily," what is the main idea and what feeling do you get from it?

  Posted by xiaxiaoqin on May 11, 2008 at 03:16 PM

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  I don't get this part from "A Rose for Emily": "apron-remitted her taxes."

  Posted by crescent on May 3, 2008 at 07:17 AM

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  Miss Emily lives with two dead bodies, her father's and her lover's. What happens in the years between their deaths?

  Posted by abusitta on May 1, 2008 at 02:18 AM

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  How is Emily betrayed and profiled in each section of the story?

  Posted by letmekizzu on Apr 29, 2008 at 09:30 AM

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  How do the protagonists in "A Rose for Emily" and "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" compare in their disappointment of love?

  Posted by ycp on Apr 27, 2008 at 05:56 PM

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  In "A Rose for Emily," what does the narrator symbolize? How does the narrator add to tone?

  Posted by litebluefairy on Apr 16, 2008 at 08:32 PM

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