... she went out very little" Unlikely literal imagery, death in figurative imagery is described indirectly by descriptive information. For example, the writer mentions Homer's death: "The man himself lay in the bed," and "The body had apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace, but now the long sleep that outlasts love, that conquers even the grimace of love, had ... cuckolded him.What was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of the nightshirt"The author does not write directly that Homer is dead, or ... Homer dies, but he uses descriptions helping readers ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... to the town. Yellow roses help to symbolize joy and friendship. Faulkner helps to show a friendship between Emily and Homer Barron, one that the towns people had lots of interest in. "Whenever you heard a lot of laughing anywhere about the square, Homer Barron would be in the center of the group. Presently we began to see him and Miss Emily on Sunday afternoon driving ... in the yellow-wheeled buggy and the matched team of bays from the livery stable." (Faulkner, 90) Even though the interest ... ) Red roses as everyone knows symbolize love and passion. Emily obviously shows a strong lov...

• Word Count: 655
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• Grade Level: High School