Questions: What is the meaning in the final detail that the strand of hair on the second pillow is iron gray in "A Rose for Emily"? Who is the

    Questions:

1. What is the meaning in the final detail that the strand of hair on the second pillow is iron gray in "A Rose for Emily"?
2. Who is the unnamed narrator in "A Rose for Emily"? For whom does he profess to be speaking?
3. What symbolism do you find in "The Road Not Taken"? What does it mean?
4. Is the narrator of "The Road Not Taken" (a) bemoaning the difficulty of choosing between two equally good options, or is he (b) lauding the seldom-chosen option as superior?
5. It is often said that Dickinson's poetry has a child-like tone to it. Do you find this to be true? Why or why not?
6. It has been claimed that "O Captain! My Captain!" is Whitman's eulogy to Lincoln. What evidence do you see to uphold this claim?
7. Where do you think "The Lottery" takes place? What purpose do you suppose the writer has in making this setting appear so familiar and ordinary?
8. What details foreshadow the end of "The Lottery"?
9. What tendencies in present-day American society is Vonnegut satirizing? Does the story argue for anything? 
10. Is Diana Moon Glampers a flat or round character? Would you call her a realistic character? Why or why not?

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