Understanding "A Rose for Emily"
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- A college prof goes through Faulkner's short story section by section, noting important details as well as broader themes.
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wow it's 2020 and you're still helping students with this ! including me :)
EXACTLY :)
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2023 now and is still helping
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AMAZING I LOVE YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS!!! I am an international student and for me was really hard to understand at first reading the story by myself but with the video I understood EVERYTHING THANK YOOOOUU!!!
MakeupByMariieGB same here. I came here just to understand the story.
Samia here
My native language is English and I had a hard time figuring it out myself.
You've very welcome! Glad to help you grasp this challenging story. When I first read this, I felt like I was walking in a fog!
Awesome
I wish u were my teacher
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That's exactly what I said :)
I read the story and did not understand it as well as I needed to for one of my classes. After watching this video and going over it a few more times, I feel well prepared for my classes discussion of the story. This was a helpful, useful and well made video.
Graham Bany You're welcome! Hope the class discussion is interesting!
I read this story about 50 years ago as a freshman in college. I always thought I got it, but your explanation puts a whole new lens on my understanding of the story. Thank you for your thorough analysis in a welcoming and engaging conversational tone.
This book seemed quite difficult to understand at first and I was worried because of my literature exam. Thanks Rebecca, I had a pretty good mark in the analysis section of "Hills like white elephants" and "A rose for Emily". A hug from Puerto Montt, Chile :)
Que estas estudiando/ como se llama tu carera?? Y porque eligiste eso? Que quieres hacer
despues de tus estudios con tu examen? Quiero estudiar en Chile y me gusta mucho la literatura! Espero que te fue bien en tus estudios!
Hug from sweden! :)
Omg.. I remember this channel. It helped me to get A+ on all of my English classes. Loved it.
This is much better than taking the actual classes. My teacher is so arrogant. Good job!
wow there goes my homework in lit class.. you made the story a whole lot understandable! :)) thanks!
Thank you so much for this huge and very vivid interpretation of the short story, ma'am! Kinda great help to me as a student who wanted to know the real gist of the story!!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ You deserve an applause! And with what you did, I am immensely grateful for seeing your video and it really helped me understand a lot about the story rather than reading the whole story alone.
I am sooo happy I found you, this helps me understand much more, I have a difficult time retaining information I read. Your video on "The Cask of Amontillado' Helped tremendously and I got a 100 on the quiz! Thank you!!
watching this for a school essay :(
We have to read this in Honors English 9...thank you so much! Totally helped me out!
VintageRebel You're welcome! Glad this helped. :-)
VintageRebel
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English 9?!! there is such thing? for what major?
I love gothic stories! I am a college art history major so not as many English classes in my life these days 🥺 but I still love watching these videos! Thank you for your analysis!
Your reviews are helping me so much with my English Lit class! Thank you sooo much!
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Thank You so very much for your post. I've just completed a 7 page analysis for an English class on this story and couldn't have done it without your insights. It was truly valuable. Thanks again. :) I appreciate it.
thank you so much, cleared the story up better than i ever imagined
You are AWESOME Rebecca
you made this story much easier for me and now i have much more confidence to do will on its exam.
thanks a million
I can not thank you enough for creating this video. After being assigned this short story, I did not understand it one bit! When I watched this video, I understood perfectly! Thank you so, SO much!! You're awesome!
Best youtube video! I used this and my own thoughts for my essay, I love that you actually read the story! So many professors are just using their own language, and not from the book... So much easier to follow!
Carla Price - Lybarger Wow, thanks! So glad you found it useful!
wou... this has been amazing, i have to do an assignment for my university and you have helped me so much going deeper into the story and its symbolism :) thank you!
You're very welcome! Glad this helped. Going deeper make it more fun, yes? Good luck with your assignment!
Thank you so much Rebecca!
We are reading this in English class and are going to write an analysis on the text.
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Thank you again Rebecca Balcarcel!
This video has helped me more than any other! You have a great way of explaining things!
I AM SO GLAD I FOUND YOUR VIDEO!! My English Comp. 2 professor is having us write a two page argument essay on whether Emily is a villain, a victim or both. When I first started to read this, I had no idea what I was reading and couldn't understand it. Your video explanation helps so so much!! I'm even taking notes so when I actually sit down to read it, I will understand it all. THANK YOU!!! Would love to see more videos like this! There are sooooo many different writings out there that are hard to understand and doing this, really helps people understand what they're reading.
Thank you Rebecca for your wonderful help! You helped me understand this story and see it in a very different perspective. Thank you for taking the time, you are a very smart woman!
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This was supremely helpful. I listened to an audio of the story three times and retained virtually nothing, and listening to you explain it helped so much.
Your videos help me so much! I could have never passed my class without you!!
Journey Lynn Oh good! Glad your class went well. Thanks for watching!
I have been listening to your post for two weeks now. I am so glad that you gave much insight into this. I had watched the film which my professor had asked to watch and when I got to the end I had noticed I had thought it was Homer in bed. I saw the wedding dress and the other belongings she had bought for him. I too thought this man was gay, but there was one scene in the 1983 film that lead me to think otherwise when you see them being intimate with one another. I could also tell the towns people saw Emily as a burden in their town as they were always moving forward, or stopping their daily lives to revolve around her. Thanks again for a better insight, being that I have a better understanding you have helped my "B's" become "A's" in my Lit. class. will be visiting a lot more :-) thanks again.
You're welcome! You have good insights. Glad to have you dropping by!
> I too thought this man was gay, but there was one scene in the 1983 film that lead me to think otherwise when you see them being intimate with one another.
Just remember one thing: The director, screenwriters, and actors in that movie are working from exactly the same source material that you have. That scene of intimacy does not exist in the short story. Don't assume that the movie makers have any better insight into Faulkner's mind than you do.
David Rosenblatt yes, Very true. No one can known what Faulkner was thinking. I just loved how it all came together in the in end. The smell the town had smelt all made sense at the very end of the movie. I believe Emily had horrible anxiety problems as her father kept her very sheltered and away from the world around her. Once she met Homer, it's like her views changed she got a glimpse
of the outside world and what her take on love felt like. Therefore, to keep him close to her always and to never leave her side she kills him and keeps him confined in her room with the belongings she bought for them.
Thank you so much for making this video. It helped me understand the story a lot better than before :)
Thank you!!!! here is 2023 and this video helped me a lot. :)
You've probably heard this a million times, but thank you! I never would of gotten the idea that she was preventing the town from moving on or any of the other ideas that you talked about at the end without your help!
One of the best in depth explanations I’ve found! Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much! You help me out soo much when it comes to understanding these different stories! You are a lifesaver!!
You're welcome! Glad to help!
Thank you so much for creating these videos. When I watch your videos, I get a clearer grasp of the story lines. I watched all of your "Young Goodman Brown," videos as well and they really helped me out with understanding the story. THANK YOU!
I have been taking English this semester and for every story, I have come to your youtube and listened from you. Thank you so much!
Thank you for being the only person to have the right facts and to read along and break down each point. This has helped a ton and people like you make American Literature really fun to read!
I am so glad I found your video. I couldn't understand the story, like i've read it probably ten times and just thankful for your brief but thorough explanation. you helped me with this this year 2022
though this video is 10 years old as of today , it really helped me understand this story, now I can go pass my APLit test, ThankYou !
currently at home doing online work and I had no idea what I was reading, I'm a very traditional student so I do not understand these writers. I'm 2 min into the video and you already enlightened me into what is happening in this story. Thank you.
This was wonderful! Thank you so much for making this. I really like your casual lectures.
Oh finally I understand what's going on within the story! I will be able to argue about it in class too . Thank u for the effort
Thanks for the breakdown. I listened to a video of this story just before listening to your video, and it helped to understand the significance quite a bit. Thank you.
Thanks for making this video! I'm answering some questions for my English class and this has helped me a lot in understanding it. It is a weird and creepy story, yet reflective in how the Southern was dying by that period and the things "love" or a mental illness will make you do. Or something like that. Once again, thanks! You've saved my life :) haha
i finally understood the story thanks to you, you are a big help thank you Rebecca
Thank you for your explanation. It was much needed and appreciated. Cheers!
Amazing. Just amazing. You described the story so well and analyzed it in a way I hadn't though about. You really helped a high school student!
Wow seven years ago I just come here to find some information and understanding of the short movie our teacher posted in our chatroom during the pandemic Thq you lady！for sharing and teaching
Dang, you turn a difficult and dead story to read into an interesting and living story! You did it with one of my other assignments and yet again!
Thank you so much for this video. You have made a great job.
I am an English learner and I do appreciate this analyse. It definitely helps.
Have a beautiful day.
Best wishes,
Fabrice from France
I really enjoy your short story reviews. You help me understand the otherwise confusing stories. Thank you! You're amazing
You did a GREAT job explaining this story to me :)
I CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH. THIS IS AN AMAZINGLY HELPFUL VIDEO. THANK YOU SO MUCH ♥️♥️♥️
Thanks for the clarification of this story. It really helped me a lot.
you are practically helping me do my homework.. thank you so much.. i am short on time and this is so helpful.
I don't understand how anyone could not understand any of Faulkner's stories, but especially this one, which is so simple.
Thank you so much, I was a little confused, but your review cleared that up.
Evita Silvera Oh, good! You're welcome!
9 years later … thank u
I cannot thank you enough. You have helped me through so many assignments. THANK YOU !
thanks for the in-depth analysis! reading this three times i was still confused for all but the ending.
Your amazing!!! I listened to the regular audio and didn’t understand a thing, NOW when u explained is a whole different thing!! I have watched all your videos!!! Thank you for being awesome!!!!
Greetings from Norway! We had to analyze this for our english class, and i did not understand the advanced language as English is not my native language. Once i watched this, i understood the whole story. This video got me an A, or as we say in Norway - 6. Thank you so much, you seem like such a great teacher. Your good teaching capabilty makes my life better, keep on teaching! Have a nice life, and good luck with the channel!
Your videos have helped me SO MUCH in my literature class!
i didnt undertsand the story well but after your video i am so confident to start the assignment
you are the best!!!! thank you so much, could not have done ENGL 201 without these videos
Congratulations on making it through your English class!
Thank you so much for posting this! I read the story and it was very hard to read because honestly it was pretty boring. So I followed along with an audio reading here on youtube and that helped me understand it better. Then I watched your video and it helped me understand the whole story and I realized that it's not a boring story at all its actually crazy interesting and scary! Thanks so much for your time (:
You are so good at these-thank you!!!
OMG thank you so much!!! im in college and im not a very good reader , and this video help me A LOT! thank you! now i understand they story perfectly
Great! I'm so glad. :-)
never been so relieved in my whole life!!!
Thank you so much! This helped me understand the story so much more than I previously did.
Thanks! Your comment made my day! I am an English prof at a community college. Love it!
Read-Aloud / Think-Aloud. I teach this story every year to 8th graders. They love it. You hit most points--well done!
I am writing an essay about this story for my college class. You helped better explain the book in a way that I could understand better. Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much, I have read this story again and again but really didn't understand the story. It was complicated and phrased some words in a way i didn't understand. It took days to get the outline of the story but only 20 mins with you to understand everything. Keep doing what you're doing
you are an incredible teacher! thank you for explaining it so well!
Thank you so much for this amazing interpretation. Very clear and understanding.
You are welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful. :-)
Thanks Rebecca, this really help me with my own thought process.
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Glad to help! You're more than welcome!
I just love you!! UGH YOURE THE BEST. So helpful.
Thank you so much for this video. Not much people would really go though the whole story so descriptive and well explained like you have. I am from abroad and having to read this and understand was impossible. Even though I do write and speak english, reading with understanding is my weakness. Now I can re read, and write my literary analysis essay.
This explanation really helped my son out with this high school reading.
Thank you a whole bunch.
This was so helpful I have missed class so I wasn't there for the reader response so this helped me a lot I may use this video for one of my sources in my final paper if I use "A Rose For Emily."
Thanks for posting this
You're welcome! Glad to help. Enjoy your class!
Thank you lady. That helped me to collect all the periods of the events
Thanks for the post! This story was very hard to follow, even with you explaining it was hard to fully comprehend, but you made a bunch of it make total sense.
Thanks again!
Dan Motovlogs I'm glad! Yeah, it's a challenging story all right. Glad I helped a little!
Great video. Thank you for your services.
You're welcome!
Great analysis! I love this story, and your interpretation of it.
Thanks! It IS a great story. :-)
this is amazing. I didnt understand the story at all while reading it. now i do
Amanda Diaz - Rivera I'm so glad! Thanks for watching. :-)
thank you so much for these!! i read the story and then came to watch your explanation.
I did not see this story in the list, but it was a very interesting and a gross one. It was a great way to do an assignment.
so helpful~Now I am into literature~
Wonderful analysis thank you so much.
Thank you so much for this video. I had a brief essay on this story as a midterm for English 2 and with this video I believe I nailed it. :)))
You just saved my grade, I did not understand this story at all. Thank you!!!!!!!
This really helped me in my English Lit class this semester! Thanks
my hw assignment in AP 4 is over this and i understood the story way better when you explain it! this is totally wicked now i am able to answer my critical thinking question over this c:
Thank you!!! I love your voice it makes everything more coherent!!
Thank you for a great walk-through.
Holy.. thank you so much I hate how I'm so confused and you made it so easy... even at the end of 2021
you are so amazing honestly this has helped me so muchhh specially because im a translating student!!!! you are so brilliant thank you very much !! really nice job god bless u