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1、A Tentative Analysis on Intrinsic Factor of Quentins Death in The Sound and the Fury. IntroductionActually, the author knows a little about William Faulkner before entering college. The author gets more interested in his fictions after having learned the American Literature. The first book she borro
2、wed from the library is Faulkners The Sound and the Fury . And because it is the first book of Faulkners that she reads and with its special writing style, the book gives a good impression on her though it is difficult to understand at the very beginning. She reads the Chinese translation firstly an
3、d then reads this fiction in the original. Also, she surfs on the internet about the information about William Faulkner and his writing style. All of this is great helpful to her writing. So the author chooses this topic which she is interested in.Quentins death in The Sound and the Fury is discusse
4、d by many people. They analyze his death on the aspect of social factor, that is to say, external factor. However, in this thesis, the author analyzes his death on the aspect of intrinsic factor, that is to say, internal factor, to dig out loss, confusion, as well as powerlessness of his inner world
5、.William Faulkner (1897-1962), one of the most significant writers in the twentieth century in American literary scene, even literary scene around the world, was born in New Albany, Mississippi. He had special feelings for the American South, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.
6、 William Faulkner especially was interested in multi-generational family chronicles. The Sound and the Fury, his acclaimed masterpiece, was published in 1929.Faulkners fictions convey a strong sense of fragmentation in social community and within the individual himself due to the loss of love and la
7、ck of emotional response. His novels are closely related to the South decay. He feels that the destruction of the Old South leads to the corruption and disorder in the South, especially after the civil war. Moreover, the war has brought about great changes in economy and politics of the South. Most
8、of his novels concern with people who live in a small region in American South, to which Faulkner gives a fictional title of Yoknapatawpha County which stands for the Old South. Faulkner is noted for his famous Yoknapatawpha series of novels. The Sound and the Fury is the most representative one of
9、this series, which is ranked by Faulkner as his favorite. In this novel, the author manipulates the artistic devicesstream of consciousness and multiple points of view so proficiently that makes this novel rate as one of the three representative masterpieces for “stream of consciousness” novels, tog
10、ether with Marcel Prousts Time Regained and James Joyces Ulysses. (Wang, 2011:206) Faulkner obstinately reveals the human tragedy in his works. His works depict human suffering with its gloomy and heavy pessimism that shock the readers mind. The end of this novel The Sound and the Fury is simply a s
11、ubject and a predicate, without any modification of components: they endured, which can be seen is the description of Compson familys tragedy of life. The Sound and the Fury and Macbeth The Sound and the Fury, by the soliloquy of the four characters, demonstrates the destruction and collapse of Comp
12、son family and presents the decay of values and norms of American South. In this novel, Faulkner, by the subtle employment of stream of consciousness and multiple points of view, renders four of his characters to respectively tell the story of how they experience so many social changes and the downf
13、all of Compson family. Mr. Compson, the master of the house, is a titular layer who ardently loves talking about life with his philosophy, living out his days muddleheadedly. Mrs. Compson is a self-pity old lady, moaning and groaning about imaginary illnesses. Mr. and Mrs. Compson have one daughter
14、and three sonsthe eldest son Quentin who finally commits suicide is pessimistic, neurotic and incompetent, with deep-rooted concepts of tradition. The second son Jason who becomes an irrational avenger and tyrannism is selfish and ruthless. The youngest man-child Benjy is a fool who only prolongs re
15、maining years in indescribable pain and wails. The daughter Caddy breaks the imprisonment of “Southern Lady”, being abandoned by the whole family because of losing her virginity, and ultimately reduces to Nazi generals mistress. From the LI Wenjuns Commentary on The Sound and the Fury, we know that
16、the special bond between Faulkners this novel and Shakespeares Macbeth is noted (Li, 2003:68). Faulkner is greatly inspired by William Shakespeares famous play Macbeth, out of which he gets his initiative to finish The Sound and the Fury. However, does Shakespeares Macbeth just enlighten Faulkner to
17、 create the title of this novel? The title of this novel, The Sound and the Fury, is taken from the following soliloquy in Macbeth:Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty space from day to day,To the last syllable of the recorded time;And all our yesterday have lighted foolsThe way
18、 to the dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!Lifes but a walking shadow: a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon stageAnd then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing. (Shakespeare 1997:79) Macbeth makes his speech after hearing the death o
19、f his wife, and quite incidentally or intentionally, some of his general feelings about loss, decay and death are presented in The Sound and the Fury (Wang, 2011:206). As the eldest son, Quentin is the only one hope of the family to pursue a different life at Harvard University. However, he commits
20、suicide and symbolically kills the family along with himself. So it is never hard for us to percept that the author of this novel wants to play up the atmosphere of decay, loss and confusion in the process of elaborating his story, which he gets inspired by Shakespeares Macbeth. Therefore, this deci
21、sive background and theme projected in this novel highlight the theme of the noveldecay and confusion, out of which can be seen as the prophets of the Compsons downfall, and the fading away of American Southerners. Clearly this piece of soliloquy from Macbeth not only furnishes the title of the nove
22、l, but also sets the tone of Faulkners The Sound and the Fury. Quentins language and life echo Macbeths words. And Quentins yesterday have in a sense lightened his way to dusty death (An, 2010:4). At any moment, we feel strongly the breath of death following Quentin while we are reading The Sound an
23、d the Fury. Quentin is William Faulkners most thoughtful character, and his presence expands the sight in The Sound and the Fury. When it comes to Quentin, the eldest son of Compson family in The Sound and the Fury, people often attribute his death to the Compsons downfall and Caddys loss of purity
24、and innocence. No doubt this assertion is partially true, but it is likely to be misleading to claim that this is the major reason that leads to Quentins death. However, what is the intrinsic factor that leads to his death? This paper will discuss the intrinsic factor of Quentins tragedy - his frail
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