Study Questions for Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily":

1. What does Faulkner achieve by disrupting the chronology of "A Rose"?

2. How would you describe the point of view here?  Is it effective?  Why or why not?

3. What are the tensions portrayed in the story?  What stereotypes?

4. What kind of person is Emily Grierson?  Why does she love in the past?

5. How do the townspeople feel about Emily? How do you feel about her?

6. What kind of person is Homer Barron?  Why do the townspeople consider him not good enough for Miss Emily?

7. What is the funtion of dust and decay in the story?

8.  Why is Emily able to "get away with it"?