Name: ____________________________________Date: ______________Period: _________ Rose for Emily” Study Guide (p. 516-527) “A Vocabulary: remit pardon – mote speck – gilt gold-edged – pallid pale – hue color/shade – temerity courage – teeming swarming – diffident shy – deprecation derogatory (belittle) – tableau scene – cabal secret intrigue – impervious not able to pass through – acrid bitter – thwart to keep from happening; to stand in the way – august magnificent; inspiring awe – cuckold husband of an adulterous wife – Characters: Identify each of the following characters. Emily Grierson - main character, bloated & pale & old Colonel Sartoris - mayor, forgave the taxes after dad died. Tobe - Miss Emily's servant Judge Stevens He was told that Emily’s house smelled. – Homer Barron Emily’s boyfriend. – Questions: What metaphor is used to describe Miss Emily in the first paragraph? Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort “When of respectful affection for a fallen monument”
Name: ____________________________________Date: ______________Period: _________ “A Rose for Emily” Study Guide (p. 516-527) Vocabulary: remit – pardon mote – speck gilt – gold-edged pallid – pale hue – color/shade temerity – courage teeming – swarming diffident – shy deprecation – derogatory (belittle) tableau – scene cabal – secret intrigue impervious – not able to pass through acrid – bitter thwart – to keep from happening; to stand in the way august – magnificent; inspiring awe cuckold – husband of an adulterous wife Characters: Identify each of the following characters. Emily Grierson - main character, bloated & pale & old Colonel Sartoris - mayor, forgave the taxes after dad died. Tobe - Miss Emily's servant Judge Stevens – He was told that Emily’s house smelled. Homer Barron – Emily’s boyfriend. Questions: What metaphor is used to describe Miss Emily in the first paragraph? “When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument”
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