A ROSE FOR EMILY By William Faulkner Climax

“A ROSE FOR EMILY” By William Faulkner

Climax t ic nfl Co Resolution Exposition: 1. 2. 3. Initial equilibrium complication (Homer) Setting -Small town -South -late 1800 s, early 1900 s -Miss Emily’s house

3. CHARACTERIZATION (What are the characters like? Protagonist/Antagonist? Flat/Round? Static/Dynamic? Stock? ) -Miss Emily Grierson -Miss Emily’s father -Homer Barron -townspeople -the “Negro” -the cousins

CONFLICT ( Man vs. Man; Man vs. Himself; Man vs. Nature; Man vs. Society; Man vs. Supernatural ) -Miss Emily vs. her father vs. herself vs. Homer vs. townspeople/cousins

• CLIMAX T he REALIZATION or “game changer” Miss Emily dies.

• RESOLUTION (What does the reader learn after the climax? ) § The room is opened. § Homer’s body is discovered. § The townspeople put all the clues together. �What is the “rose” for Emily?

1) 1 st person Character (major/minor? participant? reliable? ) 2) 3 rd person Narrator (omniscient/limited/objective) � “When Miss Emily died, our whole town went to her funeral. . ” -First person minor character, participant, unreliable

� Conversational, gossipy. � Mysterious � Bizarre, strange � Grotesque � Southern Gothic

(The way the author tells the story. ) Long, complicated sentences. (See ¶ 1) -interruptions -big, bookish words (coquettish, ¶ 2) � Lots of description. (See ¶ 6) � Flashbacks. (See ¶ 3) � Not much dialog.

(What general idea or insight does the entire story reveal? Must be stated in general words & must apply to society in general and not just this story. May not state what the story is about. ) � People may resort to desperate measures to prevent being alone in life. � Things, people, and events are not always what they appear to be. � Others?

(An object that suggests more than its literal meaning. An object that points or hints at deeper meaning. Always look at titles, inanimate objects, names, colors, and locales. ) • The rose color? • The title? • The toiletry items? • The pocket watch? • The dust?

� The plot’s order and time frame � Southern Gothic genre � Her father’s influence – his repression leads her to date a man he would not approve of and then take control in the only manner possible � Necrophilia – she loved and slept with the dead. In what ways? � Passage of time – Emily’s denial of it