A Rose for Emily. Comment on a paper that talks about "the chronology" of the story. American Literature.

1. THE CHRONOLOGY OF
“A ROSE FOR EMILY”.
American Literature.
Teacher: Andrea Puchmuller.
Student: Adela Pérez del Viso.

2. THE CHRONOLOGY OF
“A ROSE FOR EMILY”.
(1969)
AUTHOR:
PAUL D MCGLYNN.

3. IMPORTANCE OF
“TIME”.
•Time is important because it helps
clarifying the facts in the story of
Emily.
•Time is the unseen character that
battles, defeats and mocks everyone
in this story.
•There is a chronology, but
“hidden”. We have to sort it out.

4. EMILY DEFEATS
TIME IN THREE
OCCASIONS.
1. Emily denies her father´s death.
2. Emily denies Colonel Sartori´s
death.
3. Emily preserves the corpse of
Homer.

5. FIVE SCRUMBLED PARTS
OF THE STORY:
1. In Part 1: Funeral of Emily.
Remembrance of the times when
her father died and taxes were
remitted.
2. In Part. 2: smell.
3. Part 3: Arrival of Homer
Barron and Emily purchasing
some poison.

6. FIVE PARTS OF THE
STORY:
1. Part 4: Town´s expectations of
Emily´s suicide, arrival of
relatives, the minister´s visit.
2. Part 5: The shortest. Funeral
and Ghastly discovery.

7. CHRONOLOGICAL DATA:
SCATTERED BUT CONSISTENT.
1. Emily was presumably born on 1864.
2. 1894: Emily Father´s dies. She got to be
thirty. Rescinding of Taxes.
3. 1895: She meets Homer (The summer
after the father´s death)
4. 1896-1898: Homer dissapearance
period.
5. 1898: Homer´s bedroom is closed (it
remains closed for 40 years)

8. CHRONOLOGICAL DATA:
SCATTERED BUT CONSISTENT.
1. 1898: Her hair turns gray.
2. 1904: For 5 or 6 years she teaches at
home.
3. 1926: Battle for the taxes. (30 years
after the father´s death).
4. 1928: One person enters the house for
the last time.
5. 1938: Year of her death, she is 74
when she dies.

9. TWO YEARS TRIUMPH
AGAINST FORTY YEARS OF
SILENCE AND HORROR.
1. Emily´s 2-year triumph over death and
dishonor is counter- balanced by 40 years
of silence, memory and the horrific FACT
upstairs.
2. TWO FALLEN MONUMENTS: Emily
(over Time) and Homer Barron (over
death).
3. Time is the patient and biding dust, the
most silent and active character in the
story.