Analysis: "A Rose for Emily" By William Faulkner

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Across
  1. 4. The town’s indirect responsibility for Homer’s death through inaction
  2. 5. Lack of direct access to Emily’s thoughts due to the chosen point of view
  3. 8. The townspeople’s limited and biased understanding of events due to gossip
  4. 9. Story structure that begins with Emily’s death and disrupts chronological order to create suspense
  5. 10. Literary technique used to hide the ending and build tension by rearranging events
  6. 11. Author’s strategy of planting subtle clues that hint at Homer’s fate
  7. 12. Conflict between traditional Southern values and the emerging modern society
Down
  1. 1. Unanswered question of who is truly responsible for Homer’s death
  2. 2. Narrative voice representing multiple generations of townspeople rather than one individual
  3. 3. The final shocking revelation enhanced by delayed information and structure
  4. 6. Psychological inability Emily shows in refusing to accept death (her father and Homer)
  5. 7. Repeated hints of inherited or developing mental instability in Emily’s family