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“A Rose for Emily” Discussion Questions Everyone Should Discuss:Why does the narrator scramble the chronology of events in the story? What purpose did having 'us' narrate the story serve? Who is 'us'?Because of this narration, how much of the story is factual and how much is gossip (conjecture)? How does that complicate the story for the reader? To what extent would you consider the story a critique about Southern society? Were the townspeople not aware of Homer Barron’s murder because of the stereotypical gender roles they placed on Ms. Emily?Looking at gender roles of the time period of the story, what choices did Emily have in her situation? How might this contribute to the meaning of the title?Who is the protagonist of the story? Who is the antagonist? What does the antagonist represent in the story? Would you consider Miss Emily a scapegoat? What characterizes this story as Gothic? Find textual evidence to support the various Gothic topics “A Rose for Emily” covers. What tone is shown throughout the short story, and how does the language used show the time period in which the novel is in?Choose at least 3 of the below questions written by your peers to discuss: Why do you think that most horror stories start off with describing a setting about a certain place or house?What do you think happened to Miss Emily's house after the people found her body?Why exactly does the title mention a rose for Emily? What does the rose symbolize?What to we lose or gain from the story of Emily being told, not from Emily, but from an outside source?What is the author trying to say when he compares Emily to a "fallen monument"?In section 1, Emily will not pay the taxes of Jefferson. The aldermen try several times to reach her, but they ended up having to go to her house and ask. However she declines paying their taxes. Why is this, and why are the aldermen kind of ok with it? Explain.If Emily was in love so much with Homer, why did she kill him?Why did Emily buy the dead man clothes and jewelry if he couldn't really wear them? Why were people upset when Miss Emily turned 30 and was still single?Why did the author choose to write this story in the perspective of the whole town?What role does setting play in this story and how does it affect the characters?Why did Miss Emily use poison to do kill Homer?Throughout “A Rose for Emily,” the people that live in Emily's town are always gossiping and worrying about her, how is that significant to the story?How do the details of Emily's house relate to the description of Emily?What kind of attitude do the townspeople have toward Emily? In section 3, Emily becomes involved with Homer Barron. Why do you think she attached herself to Homer and how does it change the way the townspeople view her?How would the story be different if the townspeople, that speculate that Emily was going to kill herself with the arsenic, tried to get help for Emily?How does Emily Grierson's reaction to the tax bill in Part I of "A Rose for Emily" show who she really is and how she can actually act?What does Emily's appearance symbolize? For example, she is skinnier than she should be when buying the poison. Then when she was sick, her hair was cropped short, like a child or tragic angel.What/who is responsible for her to go insane? Herself? Homer? Her father's death? In section 1, how does Emily's reaction to the tax bill show her values? ................
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