This summary provides key details about the short story "A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner in 3 sentences: The story describes Miss Emily Grierson, a woman in an unnamed Southern town who loses her father and mind over time; she meets and falls in love with a man named Homer Barron but later poisons and keeps his dead body in her home. It is considered an important work of Southern Gothic fiction exploring the social issues and culture of the American South.

1. A Rose For Emily
By: William Faulkner

2. William Cuthbert
Faulkner
(September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962)
A Rose for Emily was written by an
American author William Faulkner. The
first publication was in April 30, 1930.

3. A Rose For Emily
 This short story is considered one of the most important
American southern gothic short story.
 The Gothic fiction it is written a subject as a social issues and
culture of the America south.
 This story was particularly happened in one of the town in
Jefferson.

4. A Rose For Emily
 Miss Emily Grierson - The woman who lost her mind because of
old age and decay.
 Colonel Sartoris - Father of Miss Emily.
 Homer Barron - The only man that loved by Miss Emily.
 Judge Steven - The mayor of Jefferson’s town.
Characters

5. A Rose For Emily
In Jefferson’s town where the family Grierson was living,
their house was one of the most beautiful in the town. Colonel
Sartoris is the father of the family, he has a daughter named Emily,
she is beautiful but no man would dare to court her because of
Colonel Sartoris.
When Colonel Sartoris died Miss Emily got frustrated, she
almost forgot her self, and she won’t even went out of her house and
to the point that the house has smell because she didn’t take care
anymore. As days passed by Miss Emily has changes in her
personality, she became fat, the color of her hair turns into gray and
he lost her looked before and other people called her poor Emily.
Summary

6. A Rose For Emily
One time when Miss Emily dare to went out of her house she
met Homer Barron and after some days had passed by they became a
lover and to the point that they will get married. Others felt happy for
Emily because finally she met the man that she will love. But after
several days that they heard that Emily and Homer Barron got
married they were not able to see Barron in the town.
One time Miss Emily bought a rat poison, the Arsenic. Old
people have no any idea why she bought a rat poison but they just
ignored about this. Emily was really running out of her mind because
of what she had done, she poisoned the man that she loved and left
the body in her bed. She didn’t even buried the body of Homer
Barron, she totally lost her mind and old age come in her way until
she got died.
Summary

7. A Rose For Emily
Life is too short to waste even single day of it, the lost of one
of our love ones doesn’t mean the end of our life. It’s not that easy but
we must accept the reality, that’s life and we have nothing to do but to
go with the flow. Life is one of a great blessings that we have and we
must treasure every moment of our life even in sickness and in health.
Conclusion

8. A Rose For Emily
This story entitled “A ROSE FOR EMILY” the writer wants
to tell us that, like a flower we will get older and decay especially
when we will not take care of our self. No matter how the flower
smell good and beautiful and even you take care of it but when
several days, weeks or months will pass by it will lost it’s smell and
beautiful looked how much more if you will just left it anywhere and
just ignore it.
Lesson

9. A Rose For Emily
1. perpetuity - the property of being seemingly ceaseless
2. tarnish - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air
3. pallid - deficient in color suggesting physical or emotional distress
4. temerity - fearless daring
5. tableau - any dramatic scene
Vocabulary Words

10. A Rose For Emily
6. vindicated - freed from any question of guilt
7. impervious - not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
8. circumvent - surround so as to force to give up
9. sibilant - of speech sounds forcing air through a constricted
passage
10. macabre - shockingly repellent; inspiring horr
Vocabulary Words