whole town of Jefferson attended. The town felt responsible for Miss Emily because they felt that she was a “tradition‚ a duty and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town” (287). “The men of the town respected Miss Grierson and viewed her as a fallen monument” (287)‚ whereas the women of the town haven’t been in the house for years and was viewed by the narrator to have attended the funeral just to get a peek of the inside of Emily’s home to see how she lived. The house sits on a street
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Discoveries may be questioned or challenged when viewed from different perspectives and their worth may be reassessed over time‚ a common way in which these perspectives are found amount from the detail in which the composers use to invite you into deepening your understanding and emotions of the concept of discovery. Welcome to Holland is an essay‚ written in 1987 by Emily Pearl Kingsley‚ about having a child with a disability. The play Away written by Michael Gow in 1987‚ is a text which focuses
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respected because she is a lady. 2. Colonel Sartoris: He was the former mayor of the town who absolved Miss Emily of any taxes after the death of her father. 3. Tobe: He is Miss Emily’s servant and the only connection to the outside world. 4. Judge Stevens: he was very respectful to Miss Emily and to save her pride had several men sprinkle lime on her property. 5. Homer Barron: The man who fell in love with Miss Emily while on a construction job. The introduction to the lesson says
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Part I: Character Identification in "A Rose for Emily" In complete sentence format‚ identify each of the following characters. Remember reporters‚ be sure to include as much information as possible to give your readers a vivid picture of each of the following characters: 1. Emily Grierson – When she died‚ the entire town went to her funeral for two reasons. 1: The men went through a short of respectful affection for the fallen monument and 2: the women out of curiosity to see the inside part of
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leaning on an ebony cane”‚ the passage goes on to talk about her skeleton being small‚ and perhaps that’s why she looked obese‚ bloated‚ and that her eyes looked like “small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough”. Her voice is then said to be dry and cold. These words used to describe to Emily give one an impression that she is not a warm‚ welcoming‚ lady‚ but instead almost cold hearted and removed. The author continues to paint her this way as she is described only as a figure in a window and
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drug store saying "’ I want the best you have. I don’t care what kind’"‚(William Faulkner) and purchased rat poison‚ it immediately informed the reader that somebody is the story was going to die. While reading this story‚ I believed that Emily purchased the rat poison in order to kill herself‚ not Homer Barron. Right at the end of the story‚ when the door to the house gets opened‚ the Negro immediately leaves‚ which indicates that he has got something to hide. We soon find out that he indeed
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particular aspects of her behavior hold more certainty than others. The fact that nearly all of her life was lived privately‚ unviewed by anyone who could speak of it‚ the only knowledge of her behavior comes from her rare interactions with the townspeople of Jefferson. Having lived with only a corpse for company for more than forty years‚ almost all of her behaviors that were seen by the public were erratic‚ at the least. With insanity exhibited by her great aunt
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slightest look at her art. Emily was accepted by the Group of Seven‚ and by far is British Columbia’s favorite artist. Emily Carr was a brave girl who strode to be different and was not afraid to show off her unique style of art. Her interest and talent for art was recognized when she was still just a small girl. Emily was born on December 13‚ 1871‚ in what was then‚ the small provincial town of Victoria‚ BC. She was the second youngest in her family out of the six children. Both of her parents‚ Richard
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What is meaningful in the final detail that the strand of hair on the second pillow is iron-gray? -This I meaningful because Miss Emily’s hair was described as iron-gray. This makes it understood that one her hair’s was in the bed with Homer’s body‚ which means that she had recently been exposed to his corpse. 2. Who is the unnamed narrator? For whom does he profess to be speaking? -I believe the unnamed narrator could be several people voicing their own opinion or point of view and experience
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– an eyesore among eyesores.” I felt that this description of Miss Emily’s house as being one of stubborn decay was more so a description of Miss Emily herself than the house. The narrator described Emily as having “had been a tradition‚ a duty‚ and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town‚” that was remitted from her taxes dating from 1894 when Colonel Sartoris was mayor. However‚ as the rules of the modern times called for Miss Emily to pay her taxes‚ she refused. Emily’s lack
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