“The Past is never dead. It’s not even Past”-William Faulkner The past is often times considered to be a map of the future. The past determines where we have been as a people and where we are going. This statement can be partnered with the South African word “Sankofa” meaning “We must go back and ...
Joel Williamson, William Faulkner and Southern History (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993). William Faulkner and Southern History, by Joel Williamson, is primarily an elaborate biography of Faulkner. Since it is written by an historian, however, the subject of Faulkner’s life is approached in a different way than it might be by a literary expert. ...
“We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.” -Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln delivered this famous address following one of the bloodiest and deadliest battles of the Civil War. It can be said that Confederate soldiers died in vain because they were unable to win the war and uphold ...
“A Rose for Emily” is one of Faulkner’s most controversial stories. In this short story, the main character Emily Grierson shuts herself away and is aided by townspeople in not following the rules of our society. When she dies, the reader and townspeople discover that many years ago, she killed her love and has slept ...
It was on September 25, 1897 that one of America’s most innovative writers was born. William Cuthbert Faulkner was born and raised in Mississippi and it is here that he would begin his journey to literary greatness. He was the oldest of four boys born to Murray Charles Falkner and Maud Butler Falkner. His passion ...
Richard Wright’s and William Faulkner’s work played on the cultural representations of the maternal figure and the determinism they play on the psychological, emotional, sexual and personality traits of their male protagonists. A source I’ll refer to throughout this paper is based on an essay called “Construing Faulknerian Maternity” by Philip M. Weinstein. Though the ...
Some of the greatest pieces of creativity perhaps were written in the 20th century. It was a time period that included World War I, parts of World War II, the Great Depression, and a flourishing Jazz era. Writers, musicians, and also the growth of the movie industry in the middle of the 20th century proved ...
King David and Absalom’s Story in Absalom, Absalom!: William Faulkner’s Retelling of a Biblical Story The most obvious theme that runs throughout William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! is the biblical theme. In fact, the novel follows an entire biblical story – the story of King David and his son Absalom. According to Irving Malin, “Faulkner frequently ...
William Faulkner’s character Miss Emily Grierson in the renowned short story, A Rose for Emily, has been widely discussed in literary circles as a young woman whose physical appearance changed dramatically through the course of the story, in reflection, one would think of the different phases the character underwent through her life. It is this ...
One of the central thematic elements of As I Lay Dying is the distinction between what is a fact and what is an interpretation of a fact. Clearly, any objective fact can result in a multitude of subjective interpretations because the characters all have singular points of view. Their perspectives of any empirical truth is ...