Southern Gothicism
Faulkner/A Rose for Emily
A Rose for Emily
A Good Man is Hard to Find
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
100
Often includes characters that are portrayed as this.
What is outsiders.
100
Where was Faulkner from?
What is Oxford, Mississippi.
100
Name an element of foreshadowing that could have predicted the ending.
What is the smell, the buying of rat poisoning, the fact Emily would not give up her father's body.
100
This was Flannery O'Connor's religion.
What is Catholic.
100
What real-life event is this story based on?
What is the Pied Piper of Tuscon
200
The primary focus of the setting is this, because their fought and died on it.
What is the land.
200
What was the greatest honor received by Faulkner?
What is Nobel Prize.
200
This is what the horsewhip represents.
What is a male-dominated society.
200
This is the disease the O'Connor succumbed to.
What is lupus.
200
This is the reason Connie is intimate with boys.
What is she wants the attention.
300
A common theme that is brought up is this, because their economy was based on it, while in the North they used industry.
What is slavery.
300
This is unique about the narrator of "A Rose".
What is they speak on behalf of the entire town.
300
This is what it's called when an author tells the story out of order..
What is circumlocution.
300
This was O'Connor's belief about transformation in people.
What is that is only came about from pain and violence.
300
This is the name of the real killer this story is based off of.
What is Charles Schmidd.
400
The eternal division that still defines the South.
What is the Civil War.
400
This is where the title of "A Rose" comes from.
What is a tribute to Emily, who Faulkner feels sorry for.
400
These are Emily's and Homer's physical symbols in the story.
What is the house and the new streets.
400
This is the Biblical reference made between the Grandmother and the Misfit.
What is that she represents Jesus and he represents Judas.
400
This is what causes Connie to go with the kidnapper.
What is insecurity, desire to save her family, manipulation.
500
This is how Southern and regular Gothicism are different.
What is that Southern Gothicism is set in an American rural community and is even more macabre.
500
This is the overall theme of "A Rose".
What is that if you do not accept change, you must love and live with death.
500
This is noblesse oblige.
What is duty of the upper classes to set an example for the lower classes.
500
This is how the Misfit is a "good" man in the end.
What is that he causes her to transform and thus be saved.
500
What is the lesson or theme to be learned from the story?
What is that you must appreciate your life while you are living it.
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