William Faulkner in his novel, Absalom, Absalom!, uses all of his customary themes and literary devices in his telling of the story. This story, like all his others, takes a look at the south just after the Civil War, which is the which is the Faulkner lived. ... similar to many of his other works, in the sense that it takes a look at a particular family and its story. This family is the Sutpens", who were at one time a prominent plantation family, the family turned on them selves and self destructed. This story is told from many different narrators each adding his/hers own opinion or bias i...

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