Question

Read the following excerpt from "A Rose For Emily" and answer as instructed. "Then some of the ladies began to say that it was a disgrace to the town and a bad example to the young people. The men did not want to interfere, but at last the ladies forced the Baptist minister-Miss Emily's people were Episcopal-to call upon her. He would never divulge what happened during that interview, but he refused to go back again.". What two clues in the selection above demonstrate that Emily was a tough lady to negotiate with?

Answer 1

Then some of the ladies began to say that it was a disgrace to the town and a bad example

He would never divulge what happened during that interview, but he refused to go back again.

Step-by-step explanation:

We can infer from Evidence 1 that they are talking about Emily as later on in the text, it mentions Emily. Therefore, this is an indirect statement saying that Emily is a disgrace to the town due to her tough behaviour.

Evidence 2 shows that the Baptist saw something bad as he refuses to go back due to the horror he's seen. Therefore, both statements are inferral based but we can kind of guess from the rest of the text.

Sorry, I'm not sure this makes much sense. It did in my head at least.