Name: _____________________ Date: __________________ Period: ______

A Rose for Emily Pg. 715

Intro
A Story by 1949 Nobel Prize Winner, William Faulkner (1897-19____)

Born __________ in Oxford, Mississippi or, as told in his stories, _________________ County,
Mississippi.

His father, __________ __________, ran a stable and later became the business manager of
the state’s main university.

Life of Faulkner
Faulkner quits __________ __________ in the tenth grade but still read widely and wrote
poetry.

He tried to join the __________ at the outbreak of World War I but was rejected due to
__________ and __________ requirement.

Joined the __________ __________ __________ of Canada and trained for flight duty but was
commissioned for the army right after the war ended.

Faulkner’s Writing
In 1924, Faulkner went to __________ __________ and met Sherwood Anderson.

In three years, Faulkner started to bas his novels on the __________ __________, which was
the theme for all of his stories from then on.

He saw a strong sense of its noble past and pride, despite losing the __________ __________.

Writing Style
Faulkner described his South through __________ families who often reappear from novel to
novel.

He shows the __________ and __________ ways of the South and interprets it to his stories

The Dream
Faulkner received the __________ __________ in literature in 1950. He kept writing
throughout his time and experimenting different ways of storytelling. Faulkner states that
everyone fails to meet perfection but are at least __________ for trying to do the impossible
and also the mistake of any novel is if it fails to create __________for the reader.
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Setting
A Rose for Emily takes place in the early part of the _______________ century in the South in
__________.

This is still the time period when __________ __________ were discriminated against. The
rural town of the Jefferson is racially __________; just it was in the early twentieth century.

Themes
1. Death –

2. Decline of the Old South –

3. Community Vs. Isolation –

Literary Devices
1. Setting –

2. Flashback –

3. Point of View –
a. White

b. Black

4. Racial Tensions in the South –

Words to Own:
Perpetuity, Archaic, Vindicated, Pauper, Circumvent, Virulent, Tranquil, Doddering, Acrid,
Valence