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    Keunna Cannon Engl 1302-40721 Essay 1/ Savant June 9‚ 2014 Poor Mrs. Emily William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily‚” is very interesting and unusual. My first reaction after reading the entire short story was just complete shock that anyone can be capable of something so gross to put it simply. When reading through the story‚ it is written in a very confusing way. The reader has to be actively reading the story or you will miss something which I did the first time reading through it

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    Duell 2/1/15 Mrs. Brothers AP ELA 11 Associative Reader Response for “A Rose For Emily” It must be hard for a person to really love someone and only that person‚ and then that certain person dies. Miss Emily goes through a trial of changes throughout this short story. None of these changes had a positive effect on Miss Emily’s life‚ and her life just seemed to keep getting worse. I can connect to Miss Emily in some ways because I know how it feels to lose a loved one (my grandfather)

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    The gothic short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner tells a story that revolves around a woman named Emily. This story takes us through different times in Miss Emily’s life‚ beginning with her death. This story is told different than others to give the reader a different perspective on Miss Emily‚ than everyone else in her town. Walking through Miss Emily’s life in and out of order‚ the vivid imagery of her skewed yearning heart‚ and the theme is a sad lonely story not too different from

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    Reader Response Criticism: William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” “A Rose for Emily” was written in first person point of view. The narrator is never given a name‚ but it is apparent to the reader that the narrator is one of the townspeople. This is evident in the opening of the story when the narrator exposits that‚ “our whole town went to her funeral” (Faulkner‚ “Rose” 90). This story tells the tale of Miss Emily Grierson in psychological order‚ beginning with her funeral (as a flashback) and

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    Alex Broome Mrs. Thompson English 101 TR 11:00 08/29/2012 Essay 1 The Mystery Murder “A Rose for Emily” is a short story written by William Faulkner. It takes place in Faulkner’s famous‚ fictitious town of Jefferson‚ Mississippi in post Civil War south. The story spans three decades and uses techniques such as foreshadowing and stream of consciousness to set the mysterious tone and to alter the mood and perception of the story. The story’s main theme is resistance to change. Faulkner

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    “A Rose for Emily” short story by William Faulkner. A Rose for Emily is an in-depth scrutiny of how Emily Grierson the main character interconnected with the society. And how she is seen moreover by the people that live around her‚ it is also a story about a woman who had been in the shadow of the inordinate‚ compelling essence of her father who keeps her away from other men for a very long time. “A Rose for Emily” the short story has several characters yet it does not follow in a typical narrative

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    Novicky YCCC Eng 112 February 6‚ 2013 A Rose for Emily A Rose for Emily is told in the third person point of view‚ however it is unclear who’s actually narrating. The story tells of Emily’s strange and insane behavior over the years. Her father dies and Emily doesn’t want to accept the fact that he is dead‚ the town has to threaten her in order to retrieve the body. The people of the town saw her as an obligation‚ and allowed her to remit her taxes. Emily lived in solitude for most of her life.

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    Response to William Faulkner’s "A Rose for Emily" In William Faulkner’s "A Rose for Emily" you are captivated by a journey through the old south. Faulkner paints a vivid image through his deceptive writing skills and his gift of captivating his audience by leading them through a roller coaster of emotion and horror as Faulkner narrates a gripping tale through the eyes of the southern towns people of Jefferson‚ Mississippi. The story "A Rose for Emily" starts off with the demise of Miss Emily’s

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    A Rose for EmilyReader Response Critique Using reader response criticism‚ the reader can analyze William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily through characters‚ action‚ and secrets or hidden meanings. The reader can analyze a lot about A Rose for Emily through the characters and make many connections to them and the story. For example‚ for a period of the story William Faulkner described Emily’s appearance as “bloated‚ like a body long submerged in motionless water and of that pallid hue”. This appearance

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    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

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