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Week Two DQR The ending of “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner was not a surprise. Faulkner left many clues for the reader to foreshadow the ending. The first clue is when Emily’s father dies and she does not want to get rid of the body. Emily lies about the fact her father has died “for about three days” until finally “she broke down, and they buried her father quickly” (Faulkner 325). Emily had trouble with losing someone she loved dearly, therefore keeping the body of her father seem reasonable. The reader can be influenced by the town rumors about how she is going to kill herself with the rat poisoning but that is not the case. Now as the reader continues reading another clue is revealed when “Homer himself had remarked-he liked men” and “he was not a marrying man” (326). Emily loves Homer and cannot afford to be without him. She knows that he is not a marrying man, so she finds a way to make him stay. The next Sunday Emily and Homer are seen together, while Homer has “a cigar in his teeth” (326). …show more content…

Bobinôt and Bibi are sucked at Friedheimer’s store so they “decided to remain there till the storm had passed” (Chopin 279). The storm stops Bobinôt and Bibi from going home making them get home later than usual. Calixta is stuck alone with Alcee who “gather her lips in a kiss” (281). Bobinôt’s wife, Calixta, is now kissing on her ex-boyfriend, Alcee because the temptation of being alone during a storm makes them unleash old feeling. They know that Bobinôt and Bibi are not come home during the storm but if would had been sunny Alcee would have no chance on kissing Calixta. After Alcee left, Bobinôt and Bibi get home and Calixta “sprang up as they came in” (282). Calixta is happy to that both Bobinôt and Bibi are fine but if they had come in late in a sunny day Calixta would start asking them questions as to why they were

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