A Rose For Emily

Term Paper Title	A Rose For Emily
# of Words	791
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	3.16

A Rose for Emily

In a story, we have two circumstances: The first is what happened in the story, and the second, is why did this event occur. The plot helps define the story with a series of events that are arranged in a certain order. The main character, usually the protagonist, is also very important to the story. In this particular short story, �A Rose For Miss Emily,� the author, William Faulkner, uses the main character Emily to set up the plot. The focus is on the end of this short story, and the events that lead to the dramatic conclusion. Emily has murdered her former lover and has kept his decayed body in her house. The corpse is located in a room that has long since been transformed into a tomb. This tomb has not changed in decades. Faulkner then proceeds in hinting that Emily has been sleeping with the fleshless body of Homer Barron. After the reader finishes the story, he or she goes back and pulls out events that lead to the conclusion. The reader must ask himself several questions to substantiate these events, such as: Miss Emily�s motivation for killing Homer, the identification of Homer Barron, and whether Miss Emily was sleeping with this dead Yankee? Faulkner�s introduction of Homer Barron is an essential event in the movement of the plot. He portrays Homer as Emily�s lover, and develops his character with her life. Emily and Homer are seen together on a yellow wheeled buggy, riding through town. This scene makes Homer an important character by showing how their relationship together is causing gossip in the town. Then, Homer mysteriously disappears from Emily�s life: �So we were not surprised when Homer Barron--the streets had been finished some time since--was gone.� He just vanished. Therefore, the disappearance of Homer Barron answers the question of whose body was found in the tomb. Another important event was when Emily bought rat poison. Emily goes into the store and asks to buy poison. When the store owner inquires about Emily�s motives for the poison, she gives no response and simply implies: �I want the best you have. I don�t care what kind� (78). She just stares at the man, scaring him into giving her the rat poison. At the end of the story, the reader finally understands the reasons why Emily bought the poi...

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