Questions:
Short Story Analysis Using Various Literary Elements
Short story: "A rose For Emily" by William Faulkner
Please include these in your analysis:
- Introduction with thesis
- Main points of your argument/literary analysis
- Relevant quotations and citations from the texts
- Conclusion
Please choose three of the literary elements listed below:
Plot; Characterization; Point of view; Irony; Figurative language; Diction; Tone/mood; Symbolism; Theme; Setting; Imagery
Task:
A. Introduce the literary work and how the characters experience social struggles.
B. Analyze the ways in which the first literary element helps to reveal the characters' social struggles. Cite one example from the work that demonstrates how this literary element reveals a specific social struggle.
C. Analyze the ways in which the second literary element helps to reveal the characters' social struggles. Cite one example from the work that demonstrates how this literary element reveals a specific social struggle.
D. Analyze the ways in which the third literary element helps to reveal the characters' social struggles. Cite one example from the work that demonstrates how this literary element reveals a specific social struggle.
E. Analyze the ways in which the author of the work reveals his/her own social struggles in the social struggles represented in the literary work.