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    A. Introduction Plot summary This story about a woman‚ who is called Emily. she came from a rich family .She’s elegant woman ‚but she is strange woman in the world . so anyone or people in her village could not understand about her. She doesn’t have mother but she only had a father. They lived in big house in a little village. Her father didn’t married again so he needed and love Emily very much. And didn’t want anyone take away her from him. But she wanted to have boy friends‚ because she always

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    Phung Thi Thuy Dung K49 Porfolio Entry: Plot development of a story or a movie you like A Rose for Emily William Faulkner A Rose for Emily is one of stories in The Collected Stories of William Faulkner (1950). This story is about the life of Emily Grierson‚ a woman who presents for the last generation of traditional Southern America noble families. The tragic life and death of Miss Emily demonstrates how family’s autocracy and society’s prejudice could ruin a woman’s life who only

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    “A Rose for Emily” is an appealing story not only because of its complex chronology‚ but also because of its unique narrative point of view. Most people think that the narrator‚ who uses “we” as though speaking for the entire town‚ to be young‚ impressionable‚ and male; however‚ after re-reading the story several times‚ you realize that the narrator is not young and is never identified as being either male or female. The character of the narrator is better understood by examining the tone of the

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    Plot summary “A Rose for Emily” is a short story divided into five sections: Section one opens with a description of the Grierson home and its setting in Jefferson. The narrator mentions that over the past 25 years Miss Emily’s home has fallen into despair and become “an eyesore among eyesores.” The first sentence of the story sets the tone of how the citizens of Jefferson felt about Emily: “When Miss Emily Grierson died‚ our whole town went to the funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection

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    This week’s assignment required the reading of several short stories‚ to decide which I felt was the best. After completing the reading portion of the assignment‚ I my favorite of the works sampled was A Rose For Emily‚ by William Faulkner. This story revolves around the life and death of Emily‚ a mysterious woman whom the town seems to hold in regards (Kirszner & Mandell‚ 2012). Even though they hold her in high regards‚ the citizens of this small southern town are curious and spread gossip about

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    “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is an emotional story where Mrs. Mallard has a heart condition‚ and everyone treats her like a fragile vase being very careful around her. After news that her husband has passed away gets to her sister‚ they try to break the news gently. Mrs. Mallard goes into her room crying and suddenly realizes that she is finally free. Her sister continually checks on her until she comes out. When they are headed back down stairs‚ her husband walks through the door‚ and Mrs

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    Analysis of A Rose for Emily A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner tells the story of a stubborn‚ elderly woman who everyone suspects murdered Homer Barron. Miss Emily Grierson‚ stuck in the ways of the old South‚ refused to confirm to the new generation’s laws. The author keeps the audience engaged with foreshadowing and symbolism. Faulkner begins the story with his clever use of foreshadowing. At the beginning of the story he states‚ “When Miss Emily Grierson died‚ our whole town went to her

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    William Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily’ illustrates a gothic fiction that depicts the distress and love story of Miss Emily as narrated in the point of view of the residents of Jefferson County. I must admit that Faulkner knew exactly how to evoke an atmosphere of dismay supported by dark images‚ murder‚ mysterious life of Emily‚ and the gossips of the Jefferson residents. The central theme in the story is isolation where the entire society and change seem to have neglected Emily‚ who readers can understand

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    The Plot’s Surprise in A Rose for Emily William Faulkner strategically uses plot to manipulate time in A Rose for Emily (Faulkner 566-74). The plot is sectioned into five parts. The sections are structured to go from present to past‚ instead of the more common chronological order. It is this manipulation of time that builds the suspense of the surprise ending. Part one takes place in what I understand to be present time. The narrator describes that the town’s people attended Emily’s funeral because

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    “A Rose for Emily‚” written by William Faulkner‚ is a third person narrative about a woman who grew up in the south under the rule of a very controlling father during a time when women’s rights were still a distant reality. Although the story is one of William Faulkner’s shortest works‚ it is viewed as one of his most popular. One of the things that make this story so popular‚ besides being short‚ is its mysterious plot. In the beginning of the storyEmily‚ the main character of the story‚ is

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