The protagonist of this story goes to a drug store and refuses toexplain what the use of arsenic is when asked by the druggist, which arouses suspicion of suicide, and at the end ofthis story, a pillow with a head's indentation is found along with a strand of iron-gray hair next to Homer Barron.
This story begins by describing a man who issued an edict that no black woman should appear on thestreets without an apron; that man tried to remit taxes to the main character because of a made-up loangranted to the town, which later causes trouble for the Board of Aldermen who can't get any tax payments.At another point in this story, four men sprinkle lime in the cellar and outhouses of a house after (*) JudgeStevens fails to do anything about a complaint. The protagonist of this story goes to a drug store and refuses toexplain what the use of arsenic is when asked by the druggist, which arouses suspicion of suicide, and at the end ofthis story, a pillow with a head's indentation is found along with a strand of iron-gray hair next to Homer Barron.For 10 points, name this short story about a woman who keeps the decomposing body of her lover in her bedroom,by William Faulkner.
This story begins by describing a man who issued an edict that no black woman should appear on thestreets without an apron; that man tried to remit taxes to the main character because of a made-up loangranted to the town, which later causes trouble for the Board of Aldermen who can't get any tax payments.
"A Rose for Emily"