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Isolation
Southern Values
Literary Analysis
Emily's Stubbornness
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Emily is described by different people in the town in each section. Based on the circumstances and moments of Emily’s life described by these townspeople, name a theme that can be displayed based on her life.
Isolation from society around her
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What is the important trait that is expected in the south?
respect
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Who narrates the story?
the townspeople
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What did Emily do when the town sent her her taxes?
She mailed them back.
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Why is Emily so reclusive?
She doesn't like all the change around her so she stays in her own little world.
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When Emily goes to buy arsenic from the town druggist, what was the druggist's reaction to Miss Emily's actions?
He waits for an explanation, but when he does not receive one he is unhesitant in going and getting it for her, not taking any caution or having attention based on this request for a deadly poison.
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What is the BEST way to define Emily based on the way Faulkner portrays her in the story?
A southern belle who holds on to her old, traditional, Romantic-era based life she lived with her dad before the change in generations and death of her father.
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What would Emily not allow the postal service to put on her house?
A number address.
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Why did Emily kill Homer?
She was afraid he would leave her so in order to keep things the same she had to kill him.
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Why didn't the townspeople interfere in Miss Emily's life more?
They felt that what they were doing was respectful and that it was the right thing to do.
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Is the story short or long?
It's a short story. Duh!
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Why did Miss Emily allow so much dust in her home?
The dust became a part of her home and getting rod of it would be a change.
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Why does Tobe stay with Miss Emily?
Because she doesn't want him to leave her alone so she forces him to stay this is why he bolts after she dies. He's finally free.
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Based on the dead body shown at the end of the story, how can the townspeople BEST learn from this shocking discovery after the death of Emily?
After seeing the dead body, the townspeople can realize the defiance they showed Emily and can develop a sense to how leaving others out from society, and not having consideration or thoughtfulness for others like Emily can lead to being unaware of what is truly occurring in their life.
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What is the title's meaning?
Roses are laid on top of caskets during funerals out of respect. The title reaches the point of death and tradition in the story.
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How does Emily's home represent how stubborn she is?
The house is the only one of its kind left on the street and it refuses to change up to the new status quo.
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Why didn't she ever leave her home?
Her home was her safe haven. Nothing in her home changed when everything else outside of it did.
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William Faulkner was an author who portrayed a typical southern county throughout most of his stories, what is the BEST way to describe how the South is presented in the story?
The South that is shown to be one that refusal to see that slavery was no longer present. The South that is in dire shape ,with a land that was in upheaval with redeemers wanting to bring back the old Southern traditions, in denial of a new era of American reform.
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Why was the story written out of chronological order?
The story is told by the townspeople so they told the story as they found out things
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How does her stubbornness separate her from society?
She becomes isolated and a sore thumb that sticks out from the rest.