Throughout William Faulkner's novel, The Sound and The Fury, the symbolism of flowers can mean many different things. In Benjy's section flowers, trees, and most notable the jimson weed represent comfort and the sense ... of caddy's innocence and that makes him go mad. The earliest thought of a honeysuckle is when Quentin flashes back to the memory of Caddy on her period. Faulkner writes, "Delicate equilibrium of periodical filth between moons balancedLiquid putrefaction like drowned things floating like pale rubber flabbily filled getting the odor of honeysuckle all mixed in" ... hell an...

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... over newly emerging race relations are displaced onto sexuality and a preoccupation with sexual and familial purity. Discuss. The Sound and the Fury is a brilliantly crafted modernistic masterpiece written by William Faulkner in the 1930's. It cleverly tells the story of the Compson family from Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1900's. The novel is divided into four sections and collectively narrated in ... her age and lack of mobility. Mrs. Compsons" only concern is the how her somewhat dysfunctional family is perceived by a society that she longs for acceptance in. Richard Moreland w...

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