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    Grierson was the reason Emily was not married and he was also the reason Emily experienced attachment and control disorders later in her life. The narrator tells the readers that the Grierson’s had held themselves a little too high for what they were and that none of the young men were good enough for Miss Emily. The town’s people thought of the Grierson’s as a tableau‚ with Miss Emily in the background dressed in white and her father in the front with his back towards Miss Emily clutching on to a horsewhip

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    A Rose for Emily

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    reading‚ make note of your new understandings. Why did the colonel do that for Emily’s father? Did he do something prior for him and his family or something? Is the smell from a dead body? The drug is labeled “for rats”‚ did Homer do something to Emily like cheating on her? No‚ she kills him so she won’t have to lose him.What’s the deal with the yellow? If she was laying on the bed with him‚ that

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    The character Emily Rose in "A Rose for Emily" is considered a static character because; her traits throughout the story do not change. In the story she is deemed as quiet‚ inhuman and‚ even mad. However‚ through further inspection; there are characteristics displayed throughout the story that can possibly prove that Emily was a dynamic character. Throughout the piece Emily changes both mentally‚ socially and physically. Miss Emily‚ the main character of this story‚ lives for many years as a recluse;

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    Debra Arnold January 14‚ 2011 Emily Grierson “A Rose for Emily” is a horror story by Faulkner. Emily Grierson‚ whose life story is told by an anonymous narrator‚ who represents the attitudes and ideas of the community. When suppressed by her father until his death‚ she takes up with a Northern laborer‚ Homer Barron. When she is faced with desertion from Homer‚ she turns to murdering him by arsenic. It was later discovered after Emily’s death that Homer’s rotting corpse was in the upstairs

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    authors. In fact‚ his short stories‚ "Barn Burning‚" and "A Rose for Emily‚" are two of the best-known stories in American literature. Both are examples of the reflection of contemporary Southern American values in his work. “Barn Burning” and “A Rose for Emily” are two stories both written by William Faulkner. “Barn Burning” has a theme of family loyalty verses loyalty to the law. “A Rose for Emily” has a theme of power by death. Emily is thought of as a monument‚ but at the same time she is pitied

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    Burning‚" and "A Rose for Emily" William Faulkner creates two characters that are strikingly similar. Abner Snopes is loud and obnoxious. Because of this‚ most people tend to avoid him at all costs. On the contrary‚ Emily Grierson‚ a very intriguing woman from Jefferson‚ Mississipi‚ is an important figure in the town‚ despite spending most of her life alone. If these characters were judged purely on their reputation and physical appearance‚ it would be clear that Abner Snopes and Emily Grierson are

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    Developmental Milestones Goals 1. STACEY J. LUBETSKY DMD ST. BARNABAS HOSPITAL PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY 2. 3. 4. 5. REVIEW AGE-RELATED PSYSHOCOCIAL TRAITS AND SILLS‚ SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT‚ MENTAL‚ AND MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN BEHAVIOR THEORIES BMI IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULES ANSWERS TO COMMON PARENT QUESTIONS Physical Milestones Developmental Task Average Age Focus on light Lies on stomach‚lifts chin Birth weight doubles Rolls back to stomach Sits alone Stands with support Walks

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    One Way Or Another William Faulkner’s short story‚ A Rose for Emily‚ is a dark tale of a young girl damaged by her father that ended up leaving her with abandonment issues. Placed in the south in the 1930’s‚ the traditional old south was beginning to go under transition. It went from being traditionally based on agriculture and slavery to gradually moving into industrial and abolition. Most families went smoothly into the transition and others‚ like the Griersons‚ did not. Keeping with southern

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    Irony -A Rose for Emily

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    Irony -A Rose for Emily The actions of the town drove her to do what she did and how they criticized her for not being social when they were the cause of her being ostracized. Also there is irony in the southern gentility and aristocracy. The people despised her for her inclusion in that high social class yet you need society to create this illusion of a higher class. You can’t be atop the social hierarchy if society does not recognize you as part of that social hierarchy. A good example is

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    "Poor Emily" Have you ever read a story and half way through you could tell how the ending was going to turn out by obvious clues given? Or have you ever read a story as to where you thought you knew what was going to happen next‚ then come to find out that you were completely on the wrong track? Point of view‚ which is how a story is told‚ can be expressed in four different categories of: first person‚ limited omniscient‚ omniscient‚ and objective. The point of view chosen can either produce

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