A Rose for Emily

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  Will somebody please explain the ending of "A Rose for Emily" to me?

  Posted by hugepanda422 on Sep 13, 2008 at 02:11 PM

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  In "A Rose for Emily", why did Miss Emily say she needed arsenic?

  Posted by bethtinajones on Sep 10, 2008 at 12:02 PM

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  What hints are given in Section I that "A Rose for Emily" takes place in South?

  Posted by empv on Aug 26, 2008 at 03:29 PM

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  In "A Rose for Emily," what are some of the reasons that Emily only went into a relationship after her father's death?

  Posted by sungodess84 on May 15, 2008 at 03:40 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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  If the story "A Rose for Emily" begins when things are about to go wrong, what is the real beginning of the story?

  Posted by abusitta on Apr 28, 2008 at 11:04 PM

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  In "A Rose for Emily," what does the narrator symbolize? How does the narrator add to tone?

  Posted by litebluefairy on Apr 16, 2008 at 08:32 PM

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  In most stories the plot is told by climing action, the climax, then falling action. How does  "A Rose for Emily" play out?  

  Posted by enidsenior on Mar 26, 2008 at 08:36 PM

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  What elements in the description of the room in the final section in "A Rose For Emily" shape our understanding of the story?

  Posted by cutegirl1131 on Mar 7, 2008 at 05:50 AM

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  Why do you think Faulkner emphasizes the way Miss Emily's hair turned gray- and what do you think is significant about the time it started to happen?

  Posted by fucaah on Mar 4, 2008 at 04:23 PM

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  What had Colonel Sartoris done for Miss Emily in 1894?

  Posted by jkoughman on Mar 2, 2008 at 05:57 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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  In 'A Rose for Emily', what is one of the things that wasn't stated clearly throughout the story but the facts reveal it at the end?

  Posted by x3mija on Feb 8, 2008 at 05:01 AM

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  What is significant about the chronology of "A Rose for Emily"?

  Posted by ada8558 on Jan 14, 2008 at 08:17 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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  Explain how the various elements of the plot in Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily moves the story forward.

  Posted by jackieusmc on Nov 25, 2007 at 05:47 PM

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  In A Rose for Emily, how is the description of Miss Emily's house near the opening of the story suggestive of her situation?

  Posted by keykee86 on Aug 28, 2007 at 07:27 AM

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  In A Rose for Emily, what effect do you think the cousins' visit had on Emily?

  Posted by tiara851 on Aug 7, 2007 at 06:30 AM

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  In Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily" what happens to Homer Barron?

  Posted by jennaerda on Apr 4, 2007 at 09:39 AM

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