published five substantial novels and numerous short stories. Light in August is the culmination of this creative period and is the novel in which Faulkner combines many of his previous themes with newer insights into human nature. In Sartoris‚ The Sound and the Fury‚ and As I Lay Dying‚ Faulkner had examined the relationship of the individual to his family. In his next major novel‚ Absalom‚ Absalom!‚ Faulkner returned to the family as the point of departure for his
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The Fury Mrs Fletcher clenched and unclenched her hands at her sides‚ her eyes seeking wildly as the fury roared impotently in her. How dare he walk away from her like that! Mrs Fletcher‚ enraged with acrimony‚ stormed into the kitchen‚ her hands had started to drip with sweat from all the clasping she had done with such compulsion‚ she calmly drifted towards her silver basin where all the plates and cutlery had remained from last night’s meal. Mrs Fletcher gazed outside the casement above the basin
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Caroline and Quentin Compson: A struggle with mental illness. Throughout Quentin’s section‚ in The Sound and the Fury the reader is given a plethora of past memories‚ along with Quentin’s current day. And‚ even more so‚ the reader is given the feeling that something is not quite right with Quentin. Rightfully so‚ as in different the different sections of book‚ it is mentioned (and cruelly joked about by Jason) that Quentin kills himself. Although there is believed to be many reasons that could’ve
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our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out‚ out‚ brief candle. Life ’s but a walking shadow‚ a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage‚ And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot‚ full of sound and fury‚ Signifying nothing. (Macbeth: V.v.18-27) These Shakespearean verses lend William Faulkner the title of this novel‚ and speak of the philosophy behind it. In this soliloquy‚ Macbeth implies that the life is only a shadow of the past. He idealizes
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Quentin’s neurosis: a psychoanalytic interpretation On looking at The Sound and The Fury‚ Faulkner’s fourth novel ‚ through the lens of psychoanalytic discourse‚ we may easily discover that this novel keenly deals with the various psychoanalytical and psycho-sexual problems of the Compsons family; as a matter of fact‚ Benjy is a congenital moron‚ Quentin suffers from neurosis and melancholia‚ and Jason is a monomaniac. However‚ of the three brothers‚ Quentin deserves our special
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A Psychological View of Benjy ’s Mental Retardation Benjamin Compson‚ a character from The Sound and the Fury‚ is the youngest child of Jason and Caroline Compson who has round the clock supervision. His keepers say‚ "he been three years old thirty years" (Faulkner 17). Mental retardation is a condition that is associated with a person who develops slowly. "The label mentally retarded is applied when someone is significantly below average in general intellectual functioning (IQ less than 70)
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The Sound and the Fury by William Falkner‚ is full of family connections that allows one to deeper understand the time period of the book. Although the family does not really work together‚ each character has a reason to be in the family. Although‚ the character‚ Caddy Compson never has her own section in the novel‚ telling her side of the story‚ she is one of the most important characters that truly helps‚ confuses‚ and changes the course of the novel. Caddy is seen as a promiscuous lady whom does
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were often heartily discouraged. Modernism was set in motion‚ in one sense‚ through a series of cultural shocks. The first of these great shocks was the Great War‚ which ravaged Europe from 1914 through 1918‚ known now as World War One. At the time‚ this “War to End All Wars” was looked upon with such ghastly horror that many people simply could not imagine what the world seemed to be plunging towards. The first hints of that particular way of thinking called Modernism stretch back into the nineteenth
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How does the author of this extract understand modernism? Support your response with a direct quote from the text. Modernism has been‚ for centuries‚ identified as ones urge to significantly depart from the traditional‚ historic classical arts‚ into the future‚ of which holds new ideas. Reading through certain perspectives we gain an understanding as it being their idea of moving on‚ letting go of traditions‚ hence the upheaval and contradictions for many who refuse to depart from original beliefs
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Modernism is the time period that followed the Naturalism period. This period is also known for its series of culture shocks. For example‚ World War I was the war that occurred in Europe form 1914-1918. In fact‚ it helped boost the American economy because many European nations were now buying goods from the Americas. It was said to be the “War to End All Wars” because of the numerous conflictions between the European nations. World War I was followed by The Great Depression which had a major impact
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