"A Rose for Emily" and "The Cask of Amontillado"

Paper Summary:

The paper explores the similarities and differences between William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily" and Edgar Allan Poe's story, "The Cask of Amontillado." The paper compares the plot, the features of the two main characters, Miss Emily and Montresor, the
settings and the first-person narration in both stories.

Outline:
Plot
Character
Setting
Point of View

From the Paper:

"The most obvious plot similarity between William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily," and Edgar Allan Poe's story, "The Cask of Amontillado," is that they are both, to some degree, about murder. "A Rose for Emily" culminates in the discovery of a man's dead body. Although not explicitly stated, Faulkner implies that Emily Grierson, the story's mysterious title character, has poisoned the man with arsenic. "The Cask of Amontillado" also ends in death, when the narrator seals his acquaintance, Fortunato, in the wall of the narrator's wine crypt. This similarity is multifaceted, and there are further similarities and differences within it."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Faulkner, William. "A Rose for Emily." American Studies at the University of Virginia. 02 March 2006 <http://xroads.virginia.edu/~drbr/wf_rose.html>.
• Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Cask of Amontillado." Literature.org: The Online Literature Library. 23 May 2005. 02 March 2006 <http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/amontillado.html>.

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