Rose for Emily
Miss Emily refused to pay something during the course of this story. What was it?
TAXES
Why did the narrator want to kill the old man?
He had an evil looking eye
What is the one word that the raven repeats?
Nevermore
What was the father’s first wish?
For enough money to pay off their home.
What is the nursery?
An interactive playroom
Who was in Emily’s upstairs bedroom?
HOMER BARON
What does the evil eye resemble?
A vulture
What was the narrator doing at the beginning of the story?
Reading, almost sleeping
What was the father’s second wish?
For Herbert to come back
What are the nursery’s abilities?
It projects what the child ask it to
What strange act can infer that Miss Emily was doing for 40 years?
SLEEPING NEXT TO A DEAD BODY
Why does the man confess to murder at the end of the story?
He thought that he heard the old man's heart beating
What month did this story take place?
December
What was the third wish?
For Herbert to leave
When did the children’s parents become worried about them?
When they noticed their children's obsession with it
Why did everyone attend Emily’s funeral?
PEOPLE WERE CURIOUS
Who wrote this story?
Edgar Allen Poe
At the beginning of the poem ,why is the speaker sorrowful?
He lost his lover, Lenore
What was the consequence of the first wish?
The money appeared and Herbert Died
What did the children want the nursery to do at the end of the story?
Kill their parents
What was Miss Emily's Servant's name?
Toby
What kind of narrator is presented in this story?
An unreliable one.
The speaker is giving the raven human qualities, when he clearly isn't human. What is the literary term for this?
Personification
How did this story end?
Mother is trying to unlock the door, father is searching for the paw, and Herbert was at the door.
At the beginning of this story, what kind of veldt appears in the nursery?
An African Safari