“A Rose for Emily”
Literacy devices enable writers to convey their messages to the reader. When used properly they help the reader interpret and analyze their work. Literary devices can be divided in to two areas; literary elements and literacy techniques. Literary elements are used by writers to develop setting and structure. Literary techniques are words or phrases employed by writers to give readers greater understanding and appreciation of their work. In the short story “A Rose for Emily” the author William Faulkner uses literacy devices to keep the reader intrigued and in suspense through the story. Narrative is a literacy element writers use to report related events offered to the readers using words set in a logical sequence. …show more content…
A first example of foreshadowing can be seen when the towns ladies go to Miss Emily's to pay their respects upon the passing of her father. Miss Emily states that her father was not dead and refused to have the body of her father removed for three days. "The day after his death all the ladies prepared to call at the house and offer condolence and aid, as is our custom. Miss Emily met them at the door, dressed as usual and with no trace of grief on her face. She told them that her father was not dead. She did that for three days, with the ministers calling on her, and the doctors, trying to persuade her to let them dispose of the body" (Faulkner302). At this point one can clearly see that something is wrong in the head of Miss Emily. However the reader feels sorrow and relates that this situation actually can be a normal part of a grieving process. A second instance of foreshadowing happens at the beginning of part two, when the reader learns about the awful smell coming from Miss Emily's house and the coincidental departure of her sweetheart Homer Barron. "So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before the smell. That was two years after her father's death and a short time after her sweetheart--the one we believed would marry her--had deserted her. After her father's death she …show more content…
By using a narrators point of view and foreshadowing, the reader is kept at bay from the reality that Miss Emily Grierson went crazy after the death of her father, and carefully plotted and executed the murdered of her suitor, Homer Barron. Even though there were clear hints of Miss Emily's craziness and murderous plot, the reader does not get to figure it out until the very end of the
Literacy devices enable writers to convey their messages to the reader. When used properly they help the reader interpret and analyze their work. Literary devices can be divided in to two areas; literary elements and literacy techniques. Literary elements are used by writers to develop setting and structure. Literary techniques are words or phrases employed by writers to give readers greater understanding and appreciation of their work. In the short story “A Rose for Emily” the author William Faulkner uses literacy devices to keep the reader intrigued and in suspense through the story. Narrative is a literacy element writers use to report related events offered to the readers using words set in a logical sequence. …show more content…
A first example of foreshadowing can be seen when the towns ladies go to Miss Emily's to pay their respects upon the passing of her father. Miss Emily states that her father was not dead and refused to have the body of her father removed for three days. "The day after his death all the ladies prepared to call at the house and offer condolence and aid, as is our custom. Miss Emily met them at the door, dressed as usual and with no trace of grief on her face. She told them that her father was not dead. She did that for three days, with the ministers calling on her, and the doctors, trying to persuade her to let them dispose of the body" (Faulkner302). At this point one can clearly see that something is wrong in the head of Miss Emily. However the reader feels sorrow and relates that this situation actually can be a normal part of a grieving process. A second instance of foreshadowing happens at the beginning of part two, when the reader learns about the awful smell coming from Miss Emily's house and the coincidental departure of her sweetheart Homer Barron. "So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before the smell. That was two years after her father's death and a short time after her sweetheart--the one we believed would marry her--had deserted her. After her father's death she …show more content…
By using a narrators point of view and foreshadowing, the reader is kept at bay from the reality that Miss Emily Grierson went crazy after the death of her father, and carefully plotted and executed the murdered of her suitor, Homer Barron. Even though there were clear hints of Miss Emily's craziness and murderous plot, the reader does not get to figure it out until the very end of the