Perspectives
Which critical perspective focuses On fear of loneliness leading to irrational behavior?
Philosophical Criticism
Whose point of view is represented throughout the story?
The townspeople
What literary device did Faulkner use to describe the rugged, unkempt appearance of Emily’s home and the terrible smell surrounding it.
Imagery
A Rose For Emily and what other story represent isolation caused by environment?
House on Mango Street
In the story, acts involving food or consumption reveal what instead of friendship?
Power, control, and secrecy.
Which critical perspective critiques social gossip and community pressure?
Rhetorical criticism
Why is Emily never given her own voice in the story?
To show her lack of power and society’s control over her narrative.
Through this literary device, the autor reveals the idea of the great lengths one would go in order to avoid reliving their trauma.
Theme
Unlike Emily, this Pride and Prejudice character grows by challenging tradition rather than clinging to it.
Elizabeth Bennet
What does Emily’s house represent in the “Geography Matters” lens?
The Old South and being stuck in the past.
Which critical perspective views emily as a tragic result of her society?
Cultural understanding
How does patriarchal power affect Emily’s life?
Her father controls her, leaving her emotionally dependent.
Instead of marrying Homer, Emily kills him and keeps his dead body in her house for grandes in fear of him leaving her. What literary device is this?
Situational Irony
A Rose for Emily and The Things They Carried highlight how this floats a character’s reality.
Memory
Emily’s exemption from taxes highlights Foster’s claim that literature is always this?
It’s All Political
Which critical perspective focuses on class, power, and unequal laws?
Political criticism
What does the towns gossip reveal about human nature?
People are judgement, curious, and intrusive.
The author reveals Emily’s character by describing her actions and the community’s thoughts on her through this literary device.
Indirect Characterization
Emily’s refusal to be self-reliant and inability to escape her past contrasts Esperanza’s (House on Mango Street) desire for this.
Independence
What “How to Read Literature Like a Professor” idea is this from? Acts that resemble communion in the story ultimately reinforce this condition of Emilys life.
What is Isolation?
How does the narrators voice influence the reader?
It places the reader inside the town’s judgement and gossip
How does the town’s decision to avoid confronting Emily directly contribute to the story’s tragic ending?
By hiding behind gossip instead of honesty, the town allows Emily’s isolation and mental decline to worsen, leading to unchecked, extreme actions.
The exterior of Emily’s house (decaying and resting change) representing her mental state state is the use of what term?
Symbolism
Like Emily, what character from a novel has had to resort to extreme measures and coping mechanisms?
Pi Patel
What HTRLLP concept best describes Emily’s personality being shaped around her father’s expectations and isolation?
Vampirism