Background W.F
What is the authors name?
William Faulkner
What does Emilys hair on the pillow symbolize?
Refusal to change
Who is the main character of the story?
Emily Grierson
What event opens the story and brings the town together?
The Funeral for Mrs. Emily
Where was William Faulkner born?
New Albany, Mississippi
What element of the story symbolizes decay and isolation?
Emily's House
Who is Emily's Lover?
Homer Baron
After opening the locked door in the house, what do the officials see?
A dead body laying in the bed
Is he known to be a modernist or realist writer?
Modernist writer
What does Emily's locked room symbolize?
Hidden truth and Secrecy
Who is the person who excused Emily of paying her taxes?
Colonel Sartoris
What does the Emily buy at the drug store?
Poison (Arsenic)
What award did William Faulkner win in 1949?
noble prize in literature
What does the Rose(title) symbalize?
A love that never really existed
Who is a controlling figure in Emily's life as well as her source of her loneliness?
Mr. Grierson ( Emily's Father )
What happens to the man who was last seen entering the house?
He disappears and is never seen again
Where are the majority of William Faulkner's Stories taken place? (hint: Fictional )
Yoknapatawpha County
What element of the story symbolizes death and desperation?
The Poison (Arsenic)
Who is the one person to exit and enter Emily's house daily?
Tobe ( Emily's slave )
When officials go to Emily's at night, what are they doing?
Sprinkling lime everywhere