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    A Rose for Emily Characterization refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop characters. In the story A Rose for Emily William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily. He expresses the content of her character through physical description‚ through her actions‚ words‚ and feelings‚ through a narrator’s direct comments about the character’s nature‚ and through the actions‚ words‚ and feelings‚ of other characters. Faulkner best uses characterization to examine the

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    Rose For Emily Symbolism

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    Symbolism in “A Rose for Emily” In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily‚” numerous symbolic elements are presented to the reader throughout the story. We hear about Emily’s house‚ the pocket watch‚ the hair‚ lime and arsenic and death and taxes. Each of these symbolizes a meaning buried within the story and each is equally interesting. The symbolic element I will be discussing is Emily’s house and how the house relates to Emily throughout the story. The house of Emily is a very important literary

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    A Rose for Emily Analysis

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    of the house‚ or have a deep view into Miss Emily’s feelings. From this point of view‚ we see things as how they would appear to a townsperson or viewer. 2) What does the title of the story suggest about the townspeople’s feelings toward Miss Emily? Why do they feel this way about her? (Or: What does she represent to them?) Is there anything ironic about their feelings? The title of the story suggests that the townspeople have some sort of caring feeling towards her‚ since a rose is usually

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    the story? Share your experience in reading “A Rose for Emily”: did the foreshadowing give away the ending for you? Did they heighten your interest? In the short story A Rose For Emily by William Faulkner‚ the narrator talks about the life and death of a woman named Emily. In the story there is a theme of death. This can be seen by the way the story begins by talking about the death of Emily. As the story goes on it talks about the life of Emily from the towns’ prospective. The story ends with

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    A Rose for Emily Timeline

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    Timeline of “A Rose for Emily” 1864 – Emily is born 1894 – Emily’s father dies when Emily is thirty and still single. On the day after her father’s death‚ she claims that her father is not dead. In the same year‚ Colonel Sartoris remits her taxes by inventing a tale of her father loaning money to the town. 1895- Homer Barron comes to town. People began seeing him and Emily driving on Sunday afternoons. At first‚ the people say that Emily will marry him. Then‚ they say that she would persuade

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    A Rose for Emily?

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    Developmental Milestones Goals 1. STACEY J. LUBETSKY DMD ST. BARNABAS HOSPITAL PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY 2. 3. 4. 5. REVIEW AGE-RELATED PSYSHOCOCIAL TRAITS AND SILLS‚ SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT‚ MENTAL‚ AND MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN BEHAVIOR THEORIES BMI IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULES ANSWERS TO COMMON PARENT QUESTIONS Physical Milestones Developmental Task Average Age Focus on light Lies on stomach‚lifts chin Birth weight doubles Rolls back to stomach Sits alone Stands with support Walks

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    Notes on a Rose for Emily

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    William Faulkner(威廉·福克纳) * (1897-1962) * “A Rose for Emily” * 1931 * American | Significant & Visual Passages: a) “When Miss Emily Grierson died‚ our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument‚” “Alive‚ Miss Emily had been a tradition‚ a duty‚ and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town.” (P409)---Emily acts as an embodiment of the old tradition. She is the spiritual pillar of the people who still live in their old

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    The house at one point is described to be fresh new and beautiful “It was a big‚ squarish frame house that had once been white‚ decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies‚ set on what had once been our most select street (A Rose for Emily)” it resembles Emily in her youth also very young and pure even having plenty of suitors to choose from. As the story

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    Motivation for “A Rose for Emily” It is in the human nature to want to have a sense of belonging and to be a part of something bigger‚ making it difficult to maintain moral decisions. The main character in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” faces moral challenges created by the pressure of wanting to conform to the town’s expectations while still trying to maintain a sense of independence‚ which ultimately leads up to the motivation to murder of Homer Barron. By holding high expectations‚ directly

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    A Rose for Emily: Opinion

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    story A Rose For Emily. The main character‚ Miss Emily Grierson‚ doesn’t know why the public eye looks at her the way it does‚ she also doesn’t know why people act so differently around her. I believe it is strongly because of her father and the way he treated her while she was growing up. The story only spoke briefly about the father‚ but what they did say made him out to be somewhat controlling person. The story mentioned that there was a picture in the house that showed Miss Emily and her

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