1. “A Rose for Emily”
By William Faulkner

2. POINT OF VIEW
1) 1st person Character (major/minor? participant? reliable?)
2) 3rd person Narrator (omniscient/limited/objective)
“When Miss Emily died, our whole town went to her funeral ” -First person minor character, participant, unreliable

3. TONE Conversational, gossipy. Mysterious Bizarre, strange Grotesque
Southern Gothic

4. STYLE Long, complicated sentences. (See ¶ 1) -interruptions
-big, bookish words (coquettish, ¶ 2)
Lots of description. (See ¶ 6)
Flashbacks. (See ¶ 3)
Not much dialog.

5. THEME measures to prevent being alone in life.
People may resort to desperate
measures to prevent being alone
in life.
Things, people, and events are not
always what they appear to be.
Others?

6. SYMBOLS The rose color? The title? The toiletry items?
The pocket watch?
The dust?