Flashcards on Miss Emily's Story

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Reason for the delegation to Miss Emily's house

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To collect taxes

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Foreshadowing in the story

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The smell coming from Miss Emily's

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Townspeople's belief about Miss Emily's marriage to Homer

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She bought a men's toilet seat and men's nightgown

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What Emily's father robbed her of

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A husband

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Characteristics of the Southern Gothic genre in the story

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Grotesque characters, decayed settings

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According to Emily, she was not required to pay taxes because

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Her father was a Colonel

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Most of the women went to Emily's funeral to show respect for a fallen monument.

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curiosity

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The setting of the story is Jefferson, Mississippi.

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Jefferson, Mississippi

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Emily responded to the death of her father by

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She was in denial and at first refused to bury him

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The townspeople found ________ in Miss Emily's upstairs bedroom.

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Homer Baron's body