A Rose for Emily
A Rose for Emily
Southern Goth
Flannery OConnor
A Good Man
100
This is unique about the narrator of A Rose for Emily.
What is he is speaking on behalf of the whole town.
100
What Emily represents.
What is the old antebellum South.
100
Southern Gothicism is different from Gothicism in this way.
What is that it is in a rural, American setting and it is more bizarre.
100
Flannery OConnor believed deeply in this religion, which influenced much of her writing.
What is Catholicism.
100
These are the central characters of A Good Man.
What is the grandmother and The Misfit.
200
This is where the title of A Rose for Emily comes from.
What is a tribute from the narrator to Emily
200
These are two ways that the author foreshadows that Emily is crazy.
What is that she keeps her father's dead body for three days, she can't admit that Col. Sartois is dead, she won't let them put house numbers on her place.
200
This author was known for his use of flashback.
What is Faulkner.
200
Many of her stories were disturbing and focused on death, possibly due to her own degenerative disease of this.
What is lupus.
200
These are two ways in which the grandmother is responsible for their run in with The Misfit.
What is taking the cat, choosing Tennessee for vacation, making them take the detour, recognizing The Misfit.
300
This is what Homer Barron represents.
What is the opportunistic North.
300
This was the author of a Rose for Emily.
What is William Faulkner.
300
This author was known for her use of foreshadowing.
What is Flannery OConnor.
300
Two major topics that OConnor covered were these.
What is the South, and its damned people.
300
This is how the final scene between the grandmother and The Misfit is Biblical.
What is she speaks as though she is Christ and he acts as though he is Judas.
400
This is what the mailboxes and house numbers represent.
What is modernity and change.
400
If the house is a physical extension of Emily, the this is a physical extension of Homer.
What is the sidewalks.
400
The third prominent Southern Gothic writer, who we did not read from is this person.
What is Truman Capote.
400
OConnor focused on flawed characters that underwent this throughout the course of a story.
What is a transformation.
400
This is what The Misfit means by saying "She would have been a good woman had there been someone there to shoot her everyday of her life."
What is that she would have found divine faith if her life were constantly threatened.
500
This is what Mr. Grierson's horsewhip represents.
What is the male-dominated South.
500
This is an appropriate theme of A Rose for Emily.
What is if one cannot accept change, one must learn to love and live with death.
500
Truman Capote's most famous novel was this, about a family murdered on their farm.
What is In Cold Blood.
500
OConnor believed that a transformation could only be achieved through this.
What is great pain or violence.
500
This is how, in the end, The Misfit truly is a "good" man.
What is that he brought about the grandmother's salvation.
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