A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)

A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)

1. Rose

   • any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
   • any of various related or similar plants.
   • an ornament shaped like or suggesting this flower.
   • come up roses, Informal. to turn out all right; result in success, glory, or profit: Despite setbacks, things should come up roses in the long run.
   • Origin: before 900; Middle English; Old English rōse < Latin rosa; akin to Greek rhódon (rhododendron : of kin; related by blood)
   • Red rose - Love, Black rose - Death
   • Rosy, Cheerful
   • Plant of roses, bd of roses
   • Old persian Wrfho- btamble, thron
     • Thorn
       • Poison
         • Arsenic
           • O.E: lying with men
   • Homer

2. Emily

   • a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “industrious.”
     • constructions
       • house
       • Homer Barron

3. Homer

   • Home
   • Greek Homeros: "Hostage" also "blind"

4. Garden

   • a fertile and delightful spot or region.
   • Gardin
     • enclose, deceive

5. Rat Poison

   • Rat's
     • Bane
       • Arsenic
       • O.E=bana killer/murder

6. Barron

   • Baron - nobeility
     • desolate
   • Barren - infertility
     • Homosexuality

7. For

   • intended; to belong to
   • Purpose
     • suiting for purposes or needs