My first reaction to this section is that the phrase “The Sound and the Fury” is in itself evocative, There is a sense of ‘static’ tension to the contrast between the words, and an attempt to distill or dilute the idea would be a taste of ‘madness’ or insanity. Further, the phrase is given more...
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THE SOUND AND THE FURY William Faulkner's background influenced him to write the unconventional novel The Sound and the Fury. One important influence on the story is that Faulkner grew up in the South. The Economist magazine states that the main source of his inspiration was the passionate history...
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Faulkner uses an array of style techniques in his novels. The most apparent styles he uses in The Sound and the Fury are: the uses of language, narration, and the unique design of the novel. "Faulkner's style is a significant factor that is masterfully controlled"(Hoffman 142). Faulkner's style is...
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There are four main characters in The Sound and the Fury. These characters are: Benjy, Jason, Caddy, and Quentin. These four characters are siblings of the Compson family. They are a southern family whose decay is the center of the novel their eldest son is Benjy. His point of view is used in the...
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There are three major themes present in The Sound and the Fury. They are the themes of good versus evil, loss, and love. Throughout the whole novel we can see that "Quentin is striving for the condition of tragedy for the Compsons"(Hoffman 86), while Benjy is doing the opposite. Dowling's opinion...
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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...
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Born in late 1897, William Faulkner was a famous prolific writer who has been regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Faulkner came from an old southern family, growing up in Oxford, Mississippi. He joined the Canadian, and later the British Royal Air Force during...
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"The Sound and the Fury" Literary Criticism “Within this rigid world Caddy is at once the focus of order and the instrument of its destruction,” (Bloom 20). Candace Compson, “Caddy”, is the central character of the novel even though none of the narration is seen through her eyes. In each of the...
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The Sound and the Fury: A Tale of Two Families The Sound and the Fury, one of William Faulkner’s most celebrated novels, is the story of the Compson family and its inevitable and somewhat tragic downfall. The Compsons, a family which once thrived in distinction and promoted traditional Southern...
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Ben BoydEnglish 11H In his novel, The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner employs a unique structural assembly to relay a compelling and complex plot to his readers. Faulkner often uses incoherent and irrational phrases to bring the reader into the minds of the characters. With a believable plot...
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The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner has been hailed by numerous critics and readers alike as "a deliberately conceived and superlatively executed work (Millgate). " Not only was it an outstanding example of the "stream of consciousness" method of narration, it was in keeping with the...
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Literary Criticism John T. Matthews The Discovery of Loss in The Sound and the Fury John T. Matthews writes about the discovery of loss in The Sound and The Fury. He makes the relation of loss by the fact that the characters are in grief due to their loss throughout the novel. John T. Matthews...
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The traditional South, it was something that Faulkner could not help but to put into his crazy and chaotic book. In The Sound and The Fury, William Faulkner involves the decline of the South through some tragic and humorous characters and events. From the chaos of Benjy’s mind to the...
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“...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only...
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