Sunday, February 19, 2012

Does " A Rose for Emily" follow a conventional plot structure?

The author moves from one scene to another by numbering
the scenes, I through V.The disjointed chronology creates suspense, for if chronological
sequence had been followed, the reader might suspect the ending. Also, Miss Emily is
being destroyed by a time which she does not recognize, just as the story pattern does
not recognize it.The actual sequence of events is: her father’s rejection of her
suitors, his death, her seclusion and subsequent reemergence, appearance of Homer
Barron, purchase of arsenic, Homer’s disappearance, the smell, Emily’s lessons in
china-painting, her refusal to pay her taxes, her death, and the townspeople’s discovery
in the closed room.

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