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A Rose for Emily
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William Faulkner
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Summary
Chapter Summaries
Chapter Summaries
Summary and Analysis Section 1
Summary and Analysis Section 2
Summary and Analysis Section 3
Summary and Analysis Section 4
Summary and Analysis Section 5
Questions & Answers
Themes
Themes
Themes: All Themes
Themes: Secrecy and Obsession
Themes: The Old South
Themes: Death and Control
Themes: Isolation
Themes: Social Class
Characters
Characters
Characters
Emily Grierson
Homer Barron
Analysis
Analysis
Analysis
Key Ideas and Commentary
Historical and Social Context
Connections and Further Reading
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Critical Essays
Critical Evaluation
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Criticism
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Teaching Guide
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Short-Answer Quizzes
Short-Answer Quizzes: Section I
Short-Answer Quizzes: Section II
Short-Answer Quizzes: Section III
Short-Answer Quizzes: Section IV
Short-Answer Quizzes: Section V
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Emily Grierson
Miss Emily
Homer Barron
Miss Emily Grierson
Tobe
Colonel Sartoris
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Plot
Burial Scene
Chronology
Emily's Father
Emily's Secret
Ending
Exposition
Foreshadowing
Homer Barron
Horrid Smell
Miss Emily Buys Arsenic
Narrative Structure
Non-chronological Order
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Section 1
Section 2
Taxes Conflict
Themes
Isolation
Conflict
Change
Old South
Decay
Death
Tradition vs. Change
Love
Race
Insanity
Gender Roles
Symbolism
The Rose
The House
Decay
Gray Hair
The Smell
Emily's Father
Miss Emily
Miss Emily's House
Homer Barron
The Title
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First-Person Plural
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Comparative Analysis
A Rose for Emily
Style
Non-chronological Order
Non-Linear Narrative
Southern Gothic
Literary Devices
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
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Setting
Old South
Miss Emily's House
Jefferson
Authorship
William Faulkner
Genre
Southern Gothic