A Rose For Emily and Other Short Stories
What is ur initial reaction to Emily? Cite two examples of figurative language in lines 42-49. Explain what feeling create.
lines 42-49
"They rose when she entered, a small, fat woman in black, with a thin gold chain descending to her waist and vanishing into her belt, leaning on an ebony cane with a tarnished gold head. her skeleton was small and spare; perhaps that was why what would have been merely plumpness in another was obesity in her. She lookd bloated, like a body long submerged in motionlessw ater and of that pallid hue. Her eyes lost in the fatty ridges of her face, looked like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough as they moved from one face to another while the visitors stated their errand. "