...* The Impact of Time on the Theme and Characters of the Sound and the Fury * The Interpretation of Time Lapses and the Influence It Has on the Narration in Benjamin’s Section Benjamin is 33 years old at April 7th, 1928. He is a child with a mask of adolescence and what he perceives from the world around him is totally different from normal people, because let’s say he has a gift that no normal person can have, he is an idiot. Our intentions aren’t about supporting the community of mentally handicapped people here by saying he has a gift, but to know a person, just like knowing animals, you have to get inside their heads. So we definitely don’t want to have negative badges on ourselves. Reading this section is specifically hard because we have to think like an idiot, and to achieve this matter we have to reinforce our sensory stimuli. Benjamin has no concept of time or place, he does as he pleased, and in order to extract his thoughts you should find the love of his life, who is obviously Caddy (Candace). Every single smell, place or sound can evoke his feelings toward Caddy, meaning that for example noticing a swing in the present can bring him back to the past and even thinking about the past can bring him to deeper levels of his past; or when Dilsey called Miss Quentin for the meal, he immediately remember the time with Quentin (his brother) who is in this specific part, the stimuli for his reminiscent. Although most of his memories are about Candace, he has other flashbacks...
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...In The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner places Dilsey into the mammy role, which is a stereotypical role for a black servant in Southern society. The stereotypical characteristic of a black woman helping a white family is a stereotypical depiction, but Dilsey is not a stereotypical character because she genuinely loves both her family and the Compson family. Faulkner deliberately pushes the Gibson family, especially Dilsey, into the background to show that the Gibsons’ are the backbone of the Compson family. Since Faulkner places the Gibson family has a supportive crutch to the Compson family, many readers come to the conclusion that the black help is a stereotypical characteristic; however, this is not the case in this novel. The novel...
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...“Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future” (Daphne Rose Kingma). If one clings to the past, she misses out on the benefits of both the present and the future. In William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, Faulkner depicts the downfall of a dysfunctional family known as the Compsons. The Compsons struggle with accepting change and letting go of the past, leading them to be too caught up in past conflicts to enjoy the present. Faulkner uses the characterization of Benjy, Quentin, and Jason Compson to prove his theme that one must accept change and let go of the past to be happy. Although Benjy is incapable of comprehending the reason for his pain, he suffers due to his inability to...
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...till 1949. This is what made him as one of the most celebrated writers in the field of American literature in his time. As per the information on William Faulkner, 13 novels and a lot of other short stories were published by him by 1920. This included the famous novels like “As I lay Dying”, “The sound and the Fury”, and “Light in August”. On the day of William Faulkner receiving the Nobel Prize, he stated in his speech: “the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat.” (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/faulkner-speech.html) His most of writing focused on the conflicts that humans face within himself/herself. Every human has a fight within themselves that they need to win before they can win any war in this world. Unless the war within is not conquered, no victory outside will present any satisfaction and this is a very important aspect for a writer to understand. Let’s look at William Faulkner’s point of view from some of his own writings. In a four part series “The Sound and the Fury”, was written...
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...Using a small black cloth, provided by John, I wrapped it around my head, preventing from any further sandstorms to whip the grains into my eyes and nose. It was able to protect my nose, and only times when I needed to cover up my eyes, I extended the cloth to the top of my eyebrows. There was little conversations among John and I, just the simple questions and answers when we rode our horses throughout the Joavudd territory. The sound of the occasional wind and scurrying of animals- the sound of life in the Kingdom Joavudd, raised as the day passed by, but I knew by the end of the day, everything will be inaudible. It was an aesthetic sight-dunes of sand rose up on the flat surface, which also scooped down low, forming little valleys....
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...Captain America (Chris Evans) who is still learning to maneuver his life to today modern life versus his original time period during WWII. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) who works for SHIELD has been there for Rogers to make sure he has what he needs to be comfortable and adjusted to modern society. Throughout the film, Rogers is trying to defeat the Winter Soldier, who he later finds out is his old time friend Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), from harming many innocent civilians. The scene I chose was after Fury was attacked and almost killed by SHIELD and the Winter Soldier and went to Roger’s apartment. At the beginning of the film, Fury explained that his grandfather always had trust issues, which lead the audience to believe that he too had trust issues. This is seen in this scene because he is quietly sitting in Rogers living room with the lights off. At the same time, Rogers is talking to his neighbor who later tells him he left his stereo on. Recalling that he never had it on he sneaks into his apartment to later find Fury sitting down peacefully. The music that is heard at the apartment is from the 40s and the quality sounds like it could be a record playing. The music is diegetic and can be heard in the background as Rogers and Fury secretly discuss the situation. At the moment Rogers has no idea what Fury has gone through and Fury is trying to give Rogers hints by typing on his cell phone two to three words such as “SHIELD IS COMPROMISED”. To me the music did not seem like...
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...sexuality, and social decline that was taking place in the 1920’s and 30’s in the South. At the core of his stories and novels are symbols of decay, like Miss Emily in “A Rose for Emily”, and Southern pride, like in “The Sound and the Fury”. His experimental use of techniques, such as stream-of-consciousness and multiple narrators, make his work challenging to read, but nonetheless unique. Many of Faulkner's writings are set in Yoknapatawpha County, a fictional area reflecting his native Lafayette County, which played a major role in shaping one of the world’s most artistic imaginations. William Faulkner (he actually added the u later) was born on September 25, 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi. He was named after his great-grandfather, William Clark Falkner, the “Old Colonel” who often appears in William’s stories. As a young boy, he would often listen to stories told to him by his family, particularly his mother Maud and his grandmother Lelia – both of which were well-educated and excellent readers. These included stories of the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan, slavery, and the Falkner family. Considering this, it is easy to see how themes of racism, sexuality, and battles of social class are unavoidably spread throughout novels such as “The Sound and the Fury”. Even during his childhood years, Faulkner was so distracted by his desire to write that he rarely showed interest in school, and actually never graduated. Instead he wrote poetry and even submitted some of his work...
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...element of a work. William Faulkner uses shifting points of view and stream of consciousness to portray how different people react to corruption and disillusionment through Benji, Quentin, and Jason; The Sound and the Fury takes on a unique approach to these common themes and contrast with other similar literary works like To Kill a Mockingbird. Caddy is the reason why several of the characters become disillusioned. Benji feels a foreboding sense of loss because his sister and caretaker has abandoned him. Quentin used to idealize Caddy, yet after her promiscuous escapades, Quentin turns to depression and eventually...
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...The Mechanical Hound can often be described as a modern characterization of the Erinyes or the Furies from Greek mythology. The Furies were often known as deities of vengeance, which sounds awfully familiar when compared to the role that the Mechanical Hound played in Fahrenheit 451’s society. The Furies like the Mechanical Hound would punish crimes by pursuing culprits relentlessly. Playing off of this idea, Ray Bradbury shows how society quickly silences the voices of the few and through the mechanical parts of the hound that society is made up of many different people, but he does offer a sense of hope (that can also be seen as false sense of hope) by saying that the hound “sleeps” and that it does not act on it’s own. Although the Hound can be compared to the Furies, Bradbury is able to turn the Greek myth into something more sinister and complicated. Leaving the Hound as an overlooked theme and metaphor. The Furies initial task was to hear the complaints of mortals and then dish...
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...The well known American Author William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897 in the city of New Albany, Mississippi. This remarkable writer, became famous for his writings inspired on the American South: In center Yoknapatawpha County. Top novels he had written at the time included: The Sound and the Fury, As I lay dying and Absalom, Absalom!, Sanctuary, and The Story of Temple Drake. His story Sanctuary was controversial, it was written in 1931. His story of Temple Drake was made as one of his projects. He was awarded in 1949, he received a Nobel Prize in Literature, and even was awarded two in each Pulitzers and National Books Awards. Throughout his life, he worked as a railroad financier, politician, soldier, farmer, businessman, lawyer,...
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...of comedy have different approaches on how intend to make the public laugh, for instance in satiric comedy they tend to make fun of a characters weakness, the way they act, or what they believe in. High comedy will consist more of “wit and wordplay” on the contrary of low comedy who show a “greater emphasis on physical action and visual gags” (Kennedy and Gioia 690-691). Romantic comedy is differs the most of the four since it tries to get the public to view characters with kindness as they fall in love with unfortunate accidents. In Sure Thing we meet Bill and Betty, Betty is sitting in the café reading quietly until Bill comes around asking for a seat this scene repeats itself various times, but the response from Betty changes after the sound of every bell. Just the idea of this one-act play is comedic, by seeing how the protagonist Bill, is struggling to obtain the attention of Betty after make many mistakes with every opportunity given by the bell. For example, in this scene from Sure Thing we can take notice of how the characters responses...
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...The Tell-Tale Heart Q. Choose a novel or a short story in which the author creates a fascinating character. By referring to appropriate techniques, show how the author has created this character and why you found him/her so interesting. Among the many strange and complex short stories by Edgar Allen Poe, ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ has come to be known as one of the most mysterious and psychologically intriguing. The story contains a fascinating character in form of the narrator, which is explored through Poe’s use of word choice, irony, and alliteration, as well as many other thought provoking techniques. The story as a whole explores the themes of perception versus reality, and the question of whether the evil within is worse than the evil without, and Poe delves into these themes using the character he has created to narrate the story. The story follows the murder of an old man and its aftermath, the story told with what seems like dazzling clarity on behalf of the narrator, obscuring the meaning of the act and calling the emotional stability of the unnamed, assumed male, narrator into question. In the very first sentence of the story, Poe introduces irony to draw in the reader, and leaves the beginning purposefully ambiguous to cause intrigue towards the narrator. “TRUE! – nervous – very, very dreadfully nervous I had been, and am; but why will you say that I am mad?” By starting the sentence with the word ‘true’, Poe leads us to believe what we read next will be some sort...
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...acbeth 1. The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood, Stop up th’access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between Th’ effect and it. Come to my woman’s breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murd’ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature’s mischief. Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry ‘Hold, hold!’ Lady Macbeth speaks these words in Act 1, scene 5, lines 36–52, as she awaits the arrival of King Duncan at her castle. We have previously seen Macbeth’s uncertainty about whether he should take the crown by killing Duncan. In this speech, there is no such confusion, as Lady Macbeth is clearly willing to do whatever is necessary to seize the throne. Her strength of purpose is contrasted with her husband’s tendency to waver. This speech shows the audience that Lady Macbeth is the real steel behind Macbeth and that her ambition will be strong enough to drive her husband forward. At the same time, the language of this speech touches on the theme of masculinity— “unsex me here / . . . / . . . Come to my woman’s breasts, / And take my...
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...The Rebirth of the South: Wolfe, Faulkner, Warren The South is more distinctively a region than any other section of the United States is, because of the experiences and traditions that have taught it attitudes sharply at variance with some of the standard American beliefs: ● The sense of failure, which comes from being the only group of Americans who have known military defeat, military occupation, and seemingly unconquerable poverty; ● The sense of guilt, which comes from having been a part of America’s classic symbol of injustice, the enslavement and then the segregation of the Negro; and ● The sense of frustration, which comes from the consistent inadequacy of the means at hand to wrestle with the problems to be faced, whether they be poverty, racial intolerance, or the preservation of an historical past rich in tradition. In the years after the Civil War, the Southerner attempted to deny these things by the simple, but ultimately ineffectual, process of ignoring them. The Southern local colour writers concentrated on the quaint, the eccentric, and the remote; and the creators of the “plantation tradition” idealised the past. Against this sentimental view the first two voices that were strongly raised were those of Ellen Glasgow and James Branch Cabell, Virginians who in their differing ways defined the patterns which 20th-century Southern fiction was to take when it became serious and fell into the hands of that group of writers of talent who have practised...
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...relationships between them. It is generally acknowledged that Faulkner's According to Medoro“The Sound and the Fury is a tragic tale that recounts the dissolution and final years of a Southern aristocratic family; trapped by suicidal compulsions and by a value system that no longer serves or preserves them, the Compson family is dragged under the wheel of fortune.” Although the Compson family is ostensibly the centre of the novel, it also contains a universal theme of the reason for the destructions of different cultures because of the degradation of the great families as individuals get isolated for different reasons. There are the many families in American South like the Compsons. The golf course lies on a stretch of what used to be the Compson pasture, which Mr. Compson sold to developers to pay for his eldest son Quentin’s education at Harvard. The destruction of Compson’s pasture land is symbolic of disintegration of the value system that the whole of south of America once stood for. It symbolises the destruction of a culture by commercialisation. But Mr. Compson sold the pasture as Quentin is supposed to be the hope of the family’s future. It ends in biggest trauma after Quentin’s suicide. When Benjy hears one of the golfers calling out to his caddiy, he moans because of the sound of the word “caddie”, he gets nostalgic about his sister Caddy. For the characters in The Sound and the Fury, memories of the past dominate the present. Faulkner uses the stream of consciousness effectively...
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