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The Sound And The Fury

The Sound and the Fury

This novel revolves around the rise and the fall of the aristocratic 19th century Southern Compsons that advocated conventional Southern values. In that dynamism and the muting family norms, the rival upsurge was the changing role of men and women. This is true, as men used to enjoy their authority, dominance, power, masculinity, valiancy, virtuous strength, determination, and courtliness over women and in the society while the role played by the women was similar to putting a showpiece in the form of feminine purity, elegance, and chastity. Women's role was subjected to mere child bearing and continuing the family name.1
Nevertheless, the change came, and the Reconstruction of the civil values after the Civil War changed the way people behave, think and nourish. This change swept many an aristocratic families like Faulkner as neither they could accept the change nor they could really adjust to it, that made the consequences all the more horrible for the Faulkner family as this became the core destroyer and corrupter of the fundamental family norms. The corrupter was Mr. Compson himself, and he later on passed on this corruption to his son. Compson had three sons that were overprotective of his daughter Caddy, obsessed by her mere presence. While Caddy was inclined to find a way out of this confusion, Quentin was over simplified in his way to clutch to the same old past values. This rebelled Caddy who later played a very influential role. But this chaos and confusion ended in one thing. The emptiness in the house of Compson and the absence of love in the family made one sure thing, that is to make both the parents in the house both indifferent and ineffective. With respect to Caddy, she remained and retained the conception of feminine innocence by showing the ability to love and be loved. However, this quality of hers owned her disownment. In the end, the only true part played was that by Dilsey that depicted true love devoid of any...