A Rose for Emily

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  What is the horrible revelation about Miss Emily that the story ends with? How is this related to the overall meaning of the story?

  Posted by polly90 on Sep 29, 2008 at 12:40 PM

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  In "A Rose for Emily", who is Homer Barron and how did he and Miss Emily meet?

  Posted by tangogurl09 on Sep 28, 2008 at 08:07 AM

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  List things that Emily holds on to in the story "A Rose for Emily."

  Posted by dut on Sep 17, 2008 at 10:36 AM

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  What is the role of "the smell" incident in the story "A Rose for Emily"?

  Posted by kings on Sep 10, 2008 at 07:10 PM

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  In "A Rose for Emily," why did Emily kill Homer Barron?

  Posted by john08 on Jul 1, 2008 at 11:01 PM

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  Miss Emily lives with two dead bodies, her father's and her lover's. What happens in the years between their deaths?

  Posted by abusitta on May 1, 2008 at 02:18 AM

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  In "A Rose for Emily," what are the points the narrator makes to convince the reader of Emily's guilt of the murder of Homer?

  Posted by mmcd1021 on Feb 29, 2008 at 06:45 PM

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  How was Miss Emily in "A Rose for Emily" pyschologically affected by her father, and how did that bring about her murder of Homer?

  Posted by sigouinlisa on Feb 28, 2008 at 02:23 PM

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  Is it fair to say that the whole town is complicit in Homer's murder in "A Rose for Emily"?

  Posted by seetrees on Jan 23, 2008 at 02:56 PM

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  In "A Rose for Emily," why did Emily kill Homer Barron?

  Posted by hollister4490 on Jan 3, 2008 at 06:59 AM

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  What foreshadows the discovery of the body of Homer Barron in Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"?

  Posted by pei on Dec 29, 2007 at 07:58 AM

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  What causes the "smell" that develops from Emily's house?

  Posted by simplelover01 on Nov 21, 2007 at 03:56 AM

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  What effect does Homer have on the story?

  Posted by nathenswain on Oct 29, 2007 at 12:46 PM

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  In a "Rose for Emily," how does Homer Barron have control over Emily?

  Posted by harrison1 on Oct 27, 2007 at 12:04 PM

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  In "A Rose for Emily," did Emily and Homer really have an affair? Is there any evidence that Homer is gay?

  Posted by marsbruha on Sep 27, 2007 at 01:17 AM

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  What is the theory behind this saying: "While Emily had preserved Homer, the community had preserved Emily"?

  Posted by sugarcookie116 on Sep 13, 2007 at 04:50 PM

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