A Rose For Emily – Flashcards
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Who is the author?
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William Faulkner
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Who is the main character?
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Emily Grierson
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What's wrong with Emily Grierson?
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She's dead
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Since the story starts with the main character dead, that means it can only go with one direction, which is?
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Backwards
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What is that an example of?
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Stream of consciousness writing
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Why did the men go to the funeral?
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She was kind of like a monument of the time; the men went to pay respect to one of the most important people
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Where in the South does the story take place?
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Mississippi
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Why did the women go to the funeral?
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To see the inside of her house
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Why did they wanted to see the inside of the house?
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Nobody had been inside the house for 10 years; except Emily and a servant
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In 1894, who was the mayor of the town?
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Colonel Sartoris
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What did Colonel Sartoris decide to do?
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He decides that Emily has no longer have to pay taxes
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What problem is that going to cause?
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Because everyone else has to pay taxes; it's unfair
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What is the lie that he came up with?
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Her dad loaned money to the town, and it was a lot, going to pay it back
Gradually overtime
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What does that make you wonder?
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Why is she getting special treatment; A reason why he did this (maybe her family made him a favor, relationship)
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Where did he get that name?
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He was a colonel in the civil war
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What is the significance of the year 1894?
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Emily no longer had to pay taxes
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What thought occurred to the next generation of politicians?
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Emily needs to pay her taxes
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They send Emily a letter, communicate with her, she's not responsive. What do they decide to do?
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A group of them go to the house
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What is her position on paying taxes?
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She doesn't pay taxes in Jefferson
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What is Jefferson?
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County
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She says if he doesn't believe her, talk to whom?
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Colonel Sartoris
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What is the problem about talking to colonel Sartoris?
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He's dead
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How long has he been dead?
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Almost 10 years
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What does that tell you about Emily Grierson?
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She hasn't gotten out of her house in 10 years; she's out of touched
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In the living room (parlor), there's a painting of whom?
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Emily's Father
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Emily Grierson evidently has had at least two misfortunes in her life. What are the two misfortunes she's have in her life?
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Father died
Boyfriend left her
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How do you know her fathers death bothered her?
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She went out infrequently
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How do you know her boyfriend leaving bothered her?
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After her boyfriend left her, she never went out at all
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What was the complain of Emily?
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The house started to smell bad; it smelled so bad that several people went see Judge Stevens
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What does he think?
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Animal crawled into her house and died
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What did one group of men did at night when they went to her house?
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Sprinkled lime over the foundation of the house; also in the cellar
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What finally happened?
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The smell went away
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What was the image that the town had of the Grierson's?
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An image of an open door
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What is in the open door?
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An image of an open door with Emily and her father standing on the doorway
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Where in the doorway is Emily?
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Background
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If something is in the background, what does that tell you about them?
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Less important
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How is she dressed?
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White
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What does white suggest?
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Purity; Back in the day, it meant a woman who had not been with a men yet
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Who's in the foreground?
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Her dad
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What is he holding?
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A horse whip
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What does the horse whip suggest?
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Violence
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Who is he going to use the whip on?
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Guys who have interest in his daughter
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What was keeping her from getting married?
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Her father
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What conclusion do you draw from her father?
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He is controlling
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The father died. When he died, what was her response to his death?
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She denied that he was dead
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For how long did she deny he was dead?
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3 days
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Where was the body?
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House
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Why would she be in denial of the death of a man who was abusive, controlling?
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Because he was in control of every aspect of her life; If he's dead, she'll be truly alone in the world; Sign of victimization
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What is part of the psychology of abuse?
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The person who is abuse often becomes dependent on the abuser
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Why?
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30 years he controlled every aspect of her life
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How do we know?
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Happening after her fathers death
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What is the name of her boyfriend?
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Homer Barron
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What is Homer's occupation?
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Foreman of a construction crew
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What is the problem with Homer?
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He's from the north (Yankee)
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Who did the dad have issues with?
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Relatives in Alabama
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What was the conflict about?
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Lady Wyatts will
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At some point, what did she buy she from a pharmacy?
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Poison
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What kind of poison?
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Arsenic
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What did the law require?
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Identify what you plan on using it for
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What was Emily's reaction to this question from the pharmacist?
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She stared at him
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He bent the law a little bit and did what?
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Wrote for rats in the box
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What does this relate to in the story?
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The bad smell in her house
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Why does this relationship have a big chance of not working?
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Homer Baron is homosexual
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How did we know that?
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He likes men and described himself as not the marrying type, and drinking with younger man
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What did Emily buy for Homer?
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Outfit
Jewelry
Each piece was engraved with his initials
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The job was over, homer left, and the he didn't come back after what?
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3 days
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When he came back, what was the last image that the town had of homer?
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Going into the kitchen of Emily's house
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As years pass, what physical changes took for Emily?
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Hair went grey
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What shade of grey did her hair go?
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Iron
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After the departure of Home Baron, what was the social activity Emily had?
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She was doing Chinese painting lessons
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What change did Emily made to her house?
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She closed down the upstairs, locked it up
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What would you associate that with?
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She's getting older can't go up the stairs
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In what way, does section 4 come full circle?
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She's dead
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They buried her, and what do they decide to do? They feel like they need to?
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To open a room upstairs
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What room is it?
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Master bedroom
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What do they discover?
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Dead body
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What is the condition of the corpse?
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Skeleton
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What does that tell you about the body?
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It's been there for awhile
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Who's body is it?
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Homer Baron
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What is strange about the position, in which the body is lying?
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A position of embrace, hugging
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How did the body get there?
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She murdered him; he went into the house and never came out
She used the arsenic poison
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What else does it explain?
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Smell; Judge was wrong it was the body of Homer decomposing
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What else did they notice?
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Indentation in the pillow as if someone had been resting their head
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They take a closer look, and they notice what?
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Grey hair, iron
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What conclusion do you draw?
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She's been sleeping next to the body for years
Explains why the body is in position of embrace
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Why did she kill him?
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He was going to end the relationship
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Why couldn't she handle the rejection?
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Homers death had to do with her father, the dad controlled her for 30 years. And she gets one guy that shows interest, and in turns out he's gay
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Who could Homer Baron be? (According to her)
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Last chance
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The decision to murder homer Baron had to do with the relationship of her father
What characteristics of modernism is this?
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Psychology; Subconscious mind
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What school of psychology says the subconscious mind controls it?
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Psychoanalysis
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where do we see stream of consciousness?
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Lack of chronological order
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Where do we see disillusionment in the story?
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Father died, and the guy she fell in love with was gay
Disillusioned with life
She never left the house
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Where do we psychoanalysis in the story?
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Kills Homer because of the problems buried in her subconscious mind
