A Rose For Emily 1. Which of the following best identifies two major themes of the
text?

A) tradition and loyalty

B) betrayal and revenge

C) heartbreak and new love

D) death and learning to live again

Allusion and illusion. an allusion is an indirect reference, whereas an illusion is something that is unreal or incorrect. each of the nouns has a related verb form: allude “to refer indirectly to,” and illude (not a very common word), which may mean “to delude or deceive” or “to subject to an illusion.”