A Rose for Emily

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A Rose for Emily

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Contents

Ⅰ. William Faulkner & Genre
Ⅱ. Plot
Ⅲ. Our questions
-1) Why did Emily killed Homer
2) Why Emily wasn’t able to accept his
father’s death
3) What is the meaning of the rose
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William Faulkner(1897~1962)
Nobel Prize-winner in 1949
A Fable (1954),
The Reivers (1962)
Was born and raised in
Mississippi
Described the change of
American South society he lives in and criticized the immoral social aspect of high societies
Southern Gothic
- Subgenre of the gothic novel,
unique to American literature
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Genre
Southern Gothic
“A Rose for Emily”
Gothic
“The Fall of the House of Usher”
Horror, Romance, Supernatural
Cause continuous suspense
Horror, Romance, Supernatural

Explore social issues and reveal the cultural character of the American South
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Plot

‘Chronological Order’

Father’s death(1894, 30) ⇒ Sidewalk pav…