Name:______________________________________________ Date:____________________________ Period:________ by William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” Directions: Read this story on pages 516-524 of your literature book. Answer these questions below in complete sentences. 1. How does the narrator describe what Miss Emily’s house and street used to be like? 2. Describe what it is like now. 3. What had Colonel Sartoris done for Miss Emily in 1894? Why do you think he did this? 4. What did the next generation of town leaders do on the first of the year? 5. List the diction Faulkner uses to describe Miss Emily in the sixth paragraph of this story. What do you think this is meant to show about her? 6. What details from Part I show that Miss Emily is of “unaware time”? 7. What are the neighbors complaining about? Why does Judge Stevens not want to talk to Miss Emily about this problem? 8. Describe the relationship between Miss Emily and her father? Be sure you discuss how this relationship affected her life. 9. What did Miss Emily tell her visitors the day after her father’s death? 10. Why did the townspeople not think she was crazy for this action?
Name:______________________________________________ Date:____________________________ Period:________ “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner Directions: Read this story on pages 516-524 of your literature book. Answer these questions below in complete sentences. 1. How does the narrator describe what Miss Emily’s house and street used to be like? 2. Describe what it is like now. 3. What had Colonel Sartoris done for Miss Emily in 1894? Why do you think he did this? 4. What did the next generation of town leaders do on the first of the year? 5. List the diction Faulkner uses to describe Miss Emily in the sixth paragraph of this story. What do you think this is meant to show about her? 6. What details from Part I show that Miss Emily is “unaware of time”? 7. What are the neighbors complaining about? Why does Judge Stevens not want to talk to Miss Emily about this problem? 8. Describe the relationship between Miss Emily and her father? Be sure you discuss how this relationship affected her life. 9. What did Miss Emily tell her visitors the day after her father’s death? 10. Why did the townspeople not think she was crazy for this action?
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