tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post6228271604494688888..comments2015-11-01T13:29:11.260-08:00Comments on Lee's 6th Hour Honors American Lit. 09-10: Fishbowl over "A Rose for Emily"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-78811252928347010752009-11-05T13:08:05.513-08:002009-11-05T13:08:05.513-08:00Haley- So, do you think that Homer became the symb...Haley- So, do you think that Homer became the symbol of the past for Miss Emily?alexandriab2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/17454673809812628284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-43070834203277636042009-11-05T13:07:04.031-08:002009-11-05T13:07:04.031-08:00Hailey- I think it could mean that they knew she w...Hailey- I think it could mean that they knew she was going to die soon.Amanda Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18423744967347328057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-52842216459520112922009-11-05T13:06:35.257-08:002009-11-05T13:06:35.257-08:00Alexandriab-- I don't think that they just for...Alexandriab-- I don't think that they just forgot. I think it had the opposite effect, actually. Once Emily died, it meant that all of their unanswered questions would most likely never be answered. I think that it would have made them more curious, and of course her death would have brought about a whole new set of questions, most likely to never be answered.Ally Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686630097209087025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-41860358740827579742009-11-05T13:06:05.296-08:002009-11-05T13:06:05.296-08:00Why did the black guy who helped Miss Emily, why d...Why did the black guy who helped Miss Emily, why do you think he helped her after she killed Homer Barron? And why do you think he never said anything? "He talked to no one , probably not even to her, for his voice had grown harsh and rust, as if from disuse."alexandriab2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/17454673809812628284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-58907290216766369402009-11-05T13:05:58.959-08:002009-11-05T13:05:58.959-08:00I was wondering why is Miss Emily Grierson describ...I was wondering why is Miss Emily Grierson described as “a fallen monument”?kristenmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10214570881016047781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-89592547954002393892009-11-05T13:05:57.794-08:002009-11-05T13:05:57.794-08:00Ally- I'm not sure she was trying to "cha...Ally- I'm not sure she was trying to "challenge the system". I don't think she made a concious effort to do so. Instead she was just weird. She wanted the traditional life with a husband and a family as much as everyone else, she just never got it and as a result drew herself into her own world.bridgetLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01059717504375887070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-70154515693083175462009-11-05T13:05:27.870-08:002009-11-05T13:05:27.870-08:00Kailyn- the author shouldn't have to slap the ...Kailyn- the author shouldn't have to slap the reader in the face with every event that happens. It creates the mysterious tone of the gothic style of literatureSydneyR2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/17159159326284898424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-80402401710752500152009-11-05T13:05:27.333-08:002009-11-05T13:05:27.333-08:00One of my favorite quotes is "then they could...One of my favorite quotes is "then they could hear the ticking of the invisible watch at the end of the gold chain." what significance does this have?HaileyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979897949349471811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-60057073620227776582009-11-05T13:05:09.321-08:002009-11-05T13:05:09.321-08:00Hailey P -
I like the quote that you chose to con...Hailey P - <br />I like the quote that you chose to connect to this text. I think that Faulkner uses this to give the reader a potential reason for killing Homer. The quote by Ben Frankiln can connect to the story in multiple ways. Knowing that nothing is certain, Miss Emily may have killed Homer so that nothing else can happen, taking away the risk factor. She knew that if she killed him, then no one else could, or nothing else would happen that would take away her "rose" of love, so to speak. If Faulkner did truly use this quote as a basis of his story, then that also provides a potential explanation for the reason that he rights about Miss Emily and her refusal to pay taxes. In deeper context, on could take this to mean that Emily was not going to follow the norm of society and let the cultural anxiety of taxes and what everyone else was doing affect her life choices. Thoughts?paiges2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/17221773612186321362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-4916513806492244332009-11-05T13:04:56.786-08:002009-11-05T13:04:56.786-08:00Does anyone have thought about the oximoron of the...Does anyone have thought about the oximoron of there being so much dust in the bed room - but the imprint of her head on the pillow. This is grossly impossible and yet, completes the whole atmosphere.kailynw2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/08482719947306738508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-64614895795197520372009-11-05T13:04:51.260-08:002009-11-05T13:04:51.260-08:00@ amanda-- It's been said that she killed him ...@ amanda-- It's been said that she killed him becuse she didn't want him to leave her, which seems plausible, seeing as the story tells of him saying he's not the marrying type of man. So she probably killed him to be with him always. also, it is fairly obvious she was at least somewhat insane.Brian Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138729765581708714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-46706014385505798132009-11-05T13:04:43.339-08:002009-11-05T13:04:43.339-08:00Amanda:
Like I have mentioned in different entry&#...Amanda:<br />Like I have mentioned in different entry's, I think the reason of killing the one man she loved most was because she was so incredibly desperate to be loved. And earlier in her life she was beaten by her father, and usually when a father figure isn't present in a girls life, they try to make up for that love in a spouse. I think she felt inadequate to Homer so she killed him because of a mental instability that reasoned her into believing that that was real love.Haley P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11269860662533577237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-38113046631761732982009-11-05T13:04:38.110-08:002009-11-05T13:04:38.110-08:00Amanda- It said in the story that her father had d...Amanda- It said in the story that her father had driven every man away that had tried to court Emily, and now that her father was dead and she had finally found love she was so afraid to lose it that she killed him so that he could never leave her.samis2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/00318625623789228266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-89853309046808777952009-11-05T13:04:36.967-08:002009-11-05T13:04:36.967-08:00Hailey- I know we have been talking about it throu...Hailey- I know we have been talking about it throughout the whole blog, but my question was what do you think the MOST IMPORTANT reason for killing him is.Amanda Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18423744967347328057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-29649325765212050482009-11-05T13:03:57.133-08:002009-11-05T13:03:57.133-08:00Mary Cathrine-- Exactly! She was challenging the s...Mary Cathrine-- Exactly! She was challenging the system by not putting her whole life out in the open and it was so different from everyone else.Ally Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686630097209087025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-85517527643133630282009-11-05T13:03:40.945-08:002009-11-05T13:03:40.945-08:00The theme, most basically, is that love can that w...The theme, most basically, is that love can that which liberates us or that which leads us deeper into ourselves and into neuroses. Emily's father drives away men in order for her to remain with him and continuing this pattern, Emily supposedly poisons Homer Barron, securing forever, his physical being. However, this idea lacks peace, self-giving, and true love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-23206046668808599662009-11-05T13:03:39.418-08:002009-11-05T13:03:39.418-08:00Kristen-Death seems like it really is the very thi...Kristen-Death seems like it really is the very thing that defines darkness. A lot of things in life are "dark" but nothing is darker than death. So it feels like it is just making sure that the author gets that feeling of darkness and sadness while they read the stories, and death is the best way to do that. Also, death seems like it brings out the real qualities in people. Their true selves show through during the time after the death, which helps the reader get to know the character better.kaelib2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/01983948676881781092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-18370011077378249302009-11-05T13:03:36.692-08:002009-11-05T13:03:36.692-08:00Kristen- Yes I think that death intertwines with t...Kristen- Yes I think that death intertwines with the darkness in the gothic unit because death is one of the easiest ways to show something dark and ominous. Whenever we think about death or someone dying we aren't happy or excited, the feeling we get is sadness or anger. Always something dark.Amanda Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18423744967347328057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-9643529055003566572009-11-05T13:03:33.818-08:002009-11-05T13:03:33.818-08:00Meg- at the end, Faulken writes, "...But now ...Meg- at the end, Faulken writes, "...But now the long sleep that outlasts love, that conquers even the frimace of love..." I thought this was interesting that he included this, and I thought of it like he was saying that love can't overcome death, or anything else for that matterSydneyR2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/17159159326284898424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-8542608297345617102009-11-05T13:03:29.392-08:002009-11-05T13:03:29.392-08:00Katelyn: I think that stories might be in third pe...Katelyn: I think that stories might be in third person so that it appears as if this could have been you in this position. When the author does not throughly describe the narrator, then the reader may be more inclined to picture themselves as the narratorkelseyc2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/05404260920455905469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-73279314971212975042009-11-05T13:03:16.075-08:002009-11-05T13:03:16.075-08:00Megg,one possible theme for this story could be th...Megg,one possible theme for this story could be that hanging on to the past is not allways a good thing and we need to let go of past trials.benjaminmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051200070763455649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-48939465033438773672009-11-05T13:02:57.234-08:002009-11-05T13:02:57.234-08:00Amanda we have been talking about this throughout ...Amanda we have been talking about this throughout the blog.....she loved him....wants him with her...HaileyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979897949349471811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-86308139671918390832009-11-05T13:02:27.064-08:002009-11-05T13:02:27.064-08:00Kristen- I think that death is used to symbolize a...Kristen- I think that death is used to symbolize an end of an error, which is a big part of Gothic. In The Fall of the House of Usher, with their death ended the Usher family. Emily's death symbolized the fall of the traditional south.bridgetLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01059717504375887070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-25174408165014917072009-11-05T13:02:10.606-08:002009-11-05T13:02:10.606-08:00Katie and Amanda: There is a very low chance that ...Katie and Amanda: There is a very low chance that he had died from natural causes because as we have already concluded, Emily had control issues and wanted that love forever.mariep2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/07563503660450621441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773596680002332928.post-65326104416074059962009-11-05T13:02:08.559-08:002009-11-05T13:02:08.559-08:00Sydney, mmm... good point. But one must admit th...Sydney, mmm... good point. But one must admit that it is interesting that Faulkner used no actual hard evidence to show that she killed himkailynw2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/08482719947306738508noreply@blogger.com