rose for emily
1. Arrange these events in the sequence in which they ACTUALLY occur chronologically (real time):
a. Homer’s arrival in town
b. the aldermen’s visit
c. Emily’s purchase of poison
d. Colonel Sartoris’s decision to remit Emily’s taxes
e. the development of the odor around Emily’s house
f. Emily’s father’s death
g. the arrival of Emily’s relatives
h. Homer’s disappearance
2. D, F,A,C,H, E, B,G
NOW list the events in the SEQUENCE in which they are PRESENTED IN THE STORY (the orchestration of PLOT).
1. Why do you supposed Faulkner presents these events OUT of their actual chronological order?
Faulkner wants the reader to stay in engaged and get an understanding of what could have lead up to the possible odor coming from the house.
2. Despite the story’s confusing sequence, many events are FORESHADOWED. Give at least TWO examples of this technique at work in the story. How does FORESHADOWING enrich the story?
1. "I want some poison," she said to the druggist. She was over thirty then, still a slight woman, though thinner than usual, with cold, haughty black eyes in a face the flesh of which was strained across the temples and about the eyesockets as you imagine a lighthouse-keeper's face ought to look. "I want some poison," she said.
"Yes, Miss Emily. What kind? For rats and such? I'd recom--"
"I want the best you have. I don't care what kind."
The druggist named several. "They'll kill anything up to an elephant. But what you want is--"
"Arsenic," Miss Emily said. "Is that a good one?"
"Is . . . arsenic? Yes, ma'am. But what you want--"
"I want arsenic."
2. We learned that Miss Emily had been to the jeweler's and ordered a man's toilet set in silver, with the letters H. B. on each piece. Two days later we learned that she had bought a complete outfit of men's clothing, including a nightshirt.
Foreshadowing makes you want to continue to read to see if the clue suggested will actually become true as one continues to read.
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a. Homer’s arrival in town
b. the aldermen’s visit
c. Emily’s purchase of poison
d. Colonel Sartoris’s decision to remit Emily’s taxes
e. the development of the odor around Emily’s house
f. Emily’s father’s death
g. the arrival of Emily’s relatives
h. Homer’s disappearance
2. D, F,A,C,H, E, B,G
NOW list the events in the SEQUENCE in which they are PRESENTED IN THE STORY (the orchestration of PLOT).
1. Why do you supposed Faulkner presents these events OUT of their actual chronological order?
Faulkner wants the reader to stay in engaged and get an understanding of what could have lead up to the possible odor coming from the house.
2. Despite the story’s confusing sequence, many events are FORESHADOWED. Give at least TWO examples of this technique at work in the story. How does FORESHADOWING enrich the story?
1. "I want some poison," she said to the druggist. She was over thirty then, still a slight woman, though thinner than usual, with cold, haughty black eyes in a face the flesh of which was strained across the temples and about the eyesockets as you imagine a lighthouse-keeper's face ought to look. "I want some poison," she said.
"Yes, Miss Emily. What kind? For rats and such? I'd recom--"
"I want the best you have. I don't care what kind."
The druggist named several. "They'll kill anything up to an elephant. But what you want is--"
"Arsenic," Miss Emily said. "Is that a good one?"
"Is . . . arsenic? Yes, ma'am. But what you want--"
"I want arsenic."
2. We learned that Miss Emily had been to the jeweler's and ordered a man's toilet set in silver, with the letters H. B. on each piece. Two days later we learned that she had bought a complete outfit of men's clothing, including a nightshirt.
Foreshadowing makes you want to continue to read to see if the clue suggested will actually become true as one continues to read.
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