PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: This is a general introduction that pertains to the topic and identifies the literature.

At the end of the introduction is a thesis statement, which identifies the examples that will be provided in the body of the essay.

In the story A Rose for Emily, there are many instances of foreshadowing, two of which include the time when Emily buys poison and when the neighbors smell a rancid odor coming from Emilys house. Although the two instances are different, they foreshadow the same event, i.e. the murder of Homer Barron.

PART TWO: THE SANDWICH METHOD: TRANSITION AND SUMMARY OF FIRST QUOTATION Provide a brief summary of what is going on in the quotation that you are about to provide.

The first instance of foreshadowing is when Emily buys arsenic from the druggist:
QUOTATION Provide a quotation EXACTLY how it appears in the literature.

Arsenic, Miss Emily said. Is that a good one? Is . . . arsenic? Yes, maam. But what you want I want arsenic.
ANALYSIS This is the most important part of the essay. Explain precisely HOW the example (quotation) you just provided is an example of what you say it is. For example, if you say first-person point of view affects the outcome of the story. HOW does it affect the outcome? Or, if you say the aforementioned example is an example of foreshadowing, HOW is it foreshadowing?

This short conversation implies that someone or something is going to die at Emilys hand before the end of the story. Whether it is going to be Emily, Homer, or a poor rodent, the writer never tells for certain, but the reader knows that death is imminent. At the end of the story, the reader is discovers that Emily uses the arsenic to kill her boyfriend; Emily has found the perfect way to preserve her rose.

REPEAT THE SANDWICH METHOD AS MANY TIMES AS THE ASSIGNMENT REQUIRES. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE ASSIGNMENT CALLS FOR TWO QUOTATIONS, USE THE SANDWICH METHOD TWICE.

The second example of foreshadowing in the story is when Emilys neighbors go to the mayor in order to complain about the smell coming from Emilys house. Just as if a manany mancould keep a kitchen properly, the ladies said; so they were not surprised when the smell developed. It was another link between the gross, teeming world and the high and mighty Griersons. The smell is the foretelling of the rotting corpse of Homer. The town suspects uncleanliness, or possibly dead rodents, but no one voices the idea that the odor could be coming from the missing boyfriend. The odor means that something is wrong at Emilys house. This demonstrates foreshadowing of Homers death because although the ladies are talking about how a man cannot keep a kitchen clean, the smell that the women are referring to arises after the town thinks Homer has left, thus leading the reader to suspect something may have happened to Homer Barron.
PART THREE: CONCLUSION: Reiterate (NOT COPY AND PASTE!) your introduction. . . but in reverse order. Thesis goes first in conclusion.

Two instances of foreshadowing in Faulkners A Rose for Emily are when Emily buys poison and does not tell what it is for and when a smell develops from Emilys house. Both instances foreshadow the death of Homer Barron and are just two of many in the short story A Rose for Emily.
Remember, there are four rules when it comes to writing about literature: 1. Write in PRESENT tense 2. 3. 4. Write in THIRD-PERSON only (no first or second person pronounssee handout) NO CONTRACTIONS Do not use the word quote (it implies you are writing about a famous quote)