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ARoseforEmilyWilliamFaulkner

WilliamFaulkner

(1897-1962)

WilliamFaulknerBornin1870inNewAlbany,Mississippi.GrewuplisteningtothestoriesofAmericanSouth.Wrotestoriesinadolescence.WonNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1949.Diedin1962.

WilliamFaulknerFamousasanovelistandshortstorywriter.BestknownworksincludeTheSoundandtheFury,AsILayDying,andshortstories“ARoseforEmily.”Knownforhisexperimentalstyleinfiction.

ARoseforEmily:SummaryThisstorybeginswithEmily’sdeath,whichattractsallthemenandwomeninthetown.ThestorythenshiftsintothepastandtellsthestoryofEmily’slife.ColonelSartoris,themayorofJeffersonatthetime,remitsEmilystaxes.?Quitesomeyearslater,whenanewgenerationofpoliticianstriestogetEmilytopayhertaxes,sherefuses.

ARoseforEmily:SummaryThenarratoralsotellsotherpiecesofEmily’slife.Forexample,inthesummerafterherfather’sdeath,EmilyisattractedtoHomer,aforemanfromtheNorth.ThetownspeopleandEmily’srelativestalkaboutitanddonotapproveoftheirrelationship.

ARoseforEmily:SummaryThenarratormentions,amongotherthings,thatEmilybuyssomearsenic,butrefusestoexplainwhy.ItisonlydiscoveredatthedeathofEmily,whenthetownspeoplefindamansskeletoninherbed.ItsstronglyimpliesthatthisskeletonisHomerBarron.

Analysisofthestoryintermsofplotplot:?non-chronologicalorder.Chapter1:Emilysdeath.Chapter2:Afterherfather’sdeath.Chapter3:Inthesummerafterherfather’sdeath.Chapter4:ContinuingthestoryofEmilyandHomer.Chapter5:AfterEmilysdeath.

AnalysisofthestoryintermsofplotFunctionofnon-chronologicalorder:creatingsuspense.keepsthereaderattentive.

AnalysisofthestoryintermsofplotForeshadowing:Emilysdeath.Taxissue.Thesmell.PurchaseoftheArsenic.Homer’sdisappearance.discoloration

AnalysisofthestoryintermsofsettingPlace:Jefferso