A Rose for Emily Summary

The whole town attends Miss Emily's funeral.

A combined gardener and cook

A big, squarish frame house

<p>The most select street</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The battle of Jefferson</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The next generation of mayors and aldermen</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A note written on paper of an archaic shape, in a thin, flowing calligraphy in faded ink</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The old Negro admitted them into a dim hall from which a stairway mounted into still more shadow</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dust and disuse – a close, dank smell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Miss Emily's father</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They told her they had a tax notice for her and couldn't find any record of her being exempt from taxes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She claimed she had no taxes in Jefferson and told them to see Colonel Sartoris.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Homer Barron</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She went out very little and people hardly saw her at all.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Negro man</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The complaint was about a bad smell coming from Miss Emily's house.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He suggested that someone should tell Miss Emily to stop whatever was causing the smell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They decided to send her a message to have her place cleaned up.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They sprinkled lime around the house to neutralize the smell that was originating from it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They felt sorry for Miss Emily and began to see her as a tragic figure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The text does not specify the name of the town.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They assumed that she was too proud to accept a suitable match and that she was holding onto the memory of her father and/or sweetheart.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some townspeople believed that Miss Emily losing her father somehow made her less dignified and more human.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They were more Grierson than Miss Emily and held a higher status and pedigree.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She told the women visiting that her father was not dead.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He disappeared from town after Miss Emily bought men's clothing and a toilet set.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She bought arsenic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The town began to pave sidewalks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is a foreman for a construction company.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>These are the older generation of townspeople who hold traditional values and beliefs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It symbolizes a feeling of pity and sorrow for Miss Emily, emphasizing her supposed decline and the rumors surrounding her.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The text does not reveal Miss Emily's intentions for buying the arsenic. It implies a sinister purpose and creates a sense of anticipation and suspense for the reader.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>This phrase suggests that Miss Emily maintains a facade of pride and dignity even when the townspeople believe that she has lost her social standing. It highlights her defiant nature and her desire to preserve her image, despite the gossip and judgment surrounding her.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>This refers to her status as the final member of the Grierson family, a family with a strong and rigid social reputation and history.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>This imagery portrays Miss Emily's life as stagnant and filled with isolation and gloom, symbolic of her gradual descent into a state of seclusion and darkness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>This description highlights the atmosphere of isolation and darkness surrounding her death, emphasizing the feeling of being enclosed and separated from the world. It reflects the stillness and silence that have become synonymous with her existence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A neighbor sees Homer Barron admitted into Miss Emily's kitchen at dusk one evening.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>This image represents the final, delicate and ghostly remnants of Homer Barron's presence in Miss Emily's house and the fleeting nature of their relationship that has now come to an end.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The presence of the hair suggests that Miss Emily had been sleeping with Homer Barron's body and that their relationship was more intimate than the townspeople initially perceived.</p> Signup and view all the answers