:al.tr'
Pllll1C VOi't;' [:.1
KnouL;cige:
Ju-Lie Gr:.::'.bnor' Ji tLor01rf
Thesis advisor
ID
i.~'j9
\ Q7a,
• v/s<z
COIilpSc)~l,
a.
~on'cr:u
f .Lgu:,,'e in bo L11
nO~'lols,
finl..'-3 the s cruggle
bet1doen the Cld South, ruled by family 91"ide and
J:~.o:;.::)r,
tilo lJ<:m, shatto:ced, ::-1.0 101'1(;01' 80V3:i.'ned b:T tradi cion,
;
V02S.~';n
~").e
de~'troys
and
OV2;~'-
I:limsolf in a Idnd of allog:L"::l.ce to Llis
of the old. ",orld and
it~1
vaL
ue~;.
narrator of '.1arroll's Alli:;.:lc
K~nGts_ ~·bn,
histo:..-·icr.il choice--to aeee::'Jt
OI'
reject a
must also face
~y;:C':'on;?.l,
a:'1
tainted
,:Jouthrn hel'i t:iGe tclD.t is tlLTUS t l:pon hi::::1 in aclul ttlOOC,.
Unlike:;~uGnt
dead and
ca~
,n,
t;,~e
yOl:mC; Jack Burden fo:;!:: tlla t hi s tory is
have no effect on his life.
-,jhon he is con-
frontsd Hith [i.is t,ricul facts tila t do indeed Cl111nGe J.1i3 life
Jac}\: accept-· ~1:,Ls neH-found heri taco 8..nd his role in 'CLW ever-
:NeithClr;~uent:Ln
nOl'
J'ac:: can e:)cape his cOl1i'rontatio:1
2
,~uen.tin,
e c,loin::::; '. ::~t;n
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onorot'.s
in
Ironically,
~)UShed
Jac:::, 1Jho c..s a college student
ttL
past; aside, forces
(lis mm 8:10:;0.0:.-n ;;-ith history Hhon he beC':'1ill23 )olitical
hatcl:l:t-r:lD.n for pmnrfli,l
south~rn
His "ciirt-diGgingi! leads to a
governor 'dillie Sta:c'l::.
startlin[~
revelation about ilis
mm histO:c'3'.
In tLn novels cited, Fa1.111cn
'I"·,
ties
,j~li ell
tory
re~resented
Olnc~
and t;::o eollGC;O
~JD.S
.
c; to
in
oo::rs
.l'
and.Ja:'::'ren enphasiz;o the
Tho novelists dii"'fJI', hu;;-
novels, pr'il,ru'_.. ly
fC)cu~:in.;
on
(considc2ed one narJ::'a'\;o1') fal',,,nough
removed from 31:..t:90n I s life to indeecl
J:·G,~:;,,:.!.'d
his st:a'Y as a
logcud; each narrato2 tells the stor::r according to
'~li8
0,71'1
·"
;;
die Li o.no anotile1" ulltil til, rOil.ler finds it noo.rl'
iri'l.£ios~d bl0
'CO :di't ti.1(.; facts of the lOt~end from tho conj (H.~t·U.ros of its
.
. 1 81'S.
C ..U·OllJ. C
'_lL1.e a: 1"8.. 01" 3.1d)ig1..d:;J F'::n.l.:G:n.:r croatos s ugges t:; s
th<:'.t mall in;~eI'prets arLc1.;xplains lD.stor;: accol'd.Ll,G to [ds
o,m exporionce: 1Jhon man looks at the past for IGlO'i:ledge
he merely reaffirms his
lar
pcl.tt~;,l·n
S<;OI:lS
Oi.m. belicf'~l.
inevitable.
In spite of Liw c::mfu d.ol1
basic
f,
tor'Y does
At t!:le 8.:;0 of ten
t,aineer
tIlO
HJ:lO
f'l'OlL
/\ past-prosent circu-
ornor;:~:e
SUI'I'01Jlldir:..:;
from the accounts of ttw narrato:,':::.
:~l.:rtpon,
:1On of a poorcfest Virginia moun-
h,'O"d rocontl"/ moved co V:i,.I'::-;inia,
dooI' of
D..
,)utpen I slife, a
'.m;:::
t1J.l:'rlccl
from
\·:oa1 thy 111[1.n 13 home by a H:::;,::;l'O servant..
:e;lO bo:j decidod to I'dVOn;;e th.l3 h ')Iiuliat5.on b.i acqu.L. ·ing
r
At f01.1.Tt'':;:;m he ::O:l"v to tllO
,.,'Of;;:;
Indies, "idhor0 he
,}hen their' son Has' born 3utpen
discovor'Gel ttJ.at his Hife ""·;.':\3 :;.-)art-Negro; no left 11-':;1' (pr>ovid-
Judith.
lator' becs':110 en;aC:,od to Judich.
Civil
wa~
postp ,nod their
tho
Su'c)sn rot;lc'nod. £r01,l tne 'dar
a:"l.d
l1.i[~
'.)lani:;ation in ruin.
1.1-
r
After SutrJon t s d.eati.l in
ll~69,
ChaI'L~~;
3tienne, Bon t S :.lOn
u-;F ;;;-;.n octoroon rnistl'ess, Hellt to live at Sutpen's Hundred.
He marpioci a full-blooC::.ed
son, J'im 30nd.
:3.nc.. ti"l;)Y }Jl'o6.uced an idiot
SU.tpen's Hundred ;)Urned in 1910, killinG
Sut~)en t S
Clytie,
·ol8.c~.'::.
(lau:.:;hter by a black slive.
Jim BJnd dis-
The Su.t)en leGend revolves arc)",md a conjcct1..L'e ma(h by
n01' cri ti cs: tho.t Bon Has Slltj)en 's son by
c~li;'
YI18.:r'.~·iE'B8.
i'irst
in 1';10 at ;;'.. 'tpen' s JIunu.recl, '.;1181"0 Henry hac;' been hiding for
is obvious: tile trace> of
incO:J:l)ati bL) t;o
~l.r~
ciant,
iciiot
lYW3 ..Lf
v.·,ctimf' l-!hnt
')
mont.
ci;:; :L:)l
Lll
blood tl1.at ,')uty.m considered
is ern.bodied. in
-~li8
only
d'33cel~-
:egro incapable uf lU"lderstanclini;
CCT:ld
cri;~;.c
:.lOt
leaI'11
1'r01J
hi:;
J.)[ln liagal1. calls
:'~s Ii:J.gan Gx)l::"ins,
lie:.
door.
blt;.e~:::
3ut:xm's
,:)iJE
lI
iXl':t;
arr -.::3 teci.
1110?:'al
1:1::;:
Ho.S a
d~velop­
2Jld intslloctuD.l
i,;:'hc.t cl~'7 ho dedicated himse"f to f'1l1fLtl:il,snt of a
People beCaln3 ::n01'e pah'ns,
dev. lei ::;:['
w~o
a~
ll;.un.~n
u child
identi ty- ,J.n:l emotion, i.n hi, sci:l(3me.
~us
outr~
'rho
mall.
;)
r'
aj)pLi.r)ent;l~r
"
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8(-l·Cl31
confidant
-tll..:Ull·!.ln eli-'-O"'.L,L
ro'~': ·i-v,)'; .' •
The inll710rali t
even
;:?s
th.e proPGl'ty settlement ':ill
t(lO.t
3
of ,3ut l):::m I.'J
Ll
cti ons never' occurs tc> lliJil;
b.e Hat;ch8S :lisJl,ll cru,;:lblo ho tell;;; General
:.on, lIyou see, I h::;,:: a do:isn in my m:i,nd.
'C: I :naJ;:oG . .lO "in t~~':e in it, •••
': .11 :~. r- (;
11
~P(letl1er
(p. 263).
it
Com~)-
lJaS
a
As Hagan
points out,
,A t
t(.l9
VG2;:' nO:Gl,.:;nt
i3ut )cn
Has
tellin:; GI'andfa Lher
o1..'tr"'"·"ot's'o"< ;']. i;Iilicl:I eH) :Celt LIe h.c~c:. been
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aimself Has Llu.n;:;ing do'/~n his O';In al"chitect as coldblooc~edl,/ as if ho "lOre p. Hild bea::1t--treatinr:.; [lim
8.S I'u'chl,~;ssl:/' as he
himself
had beem tI'e2},'ced,
;~~ndyet rc,,~air:L~l'lf; c::;:;::-,L;tel
OOllV:L011S to ti.1.0 pax'al101, cC)ll}:JU1,3ivel:r fulfiLLi.:1[,; tLl8 l' t~irGnlOnt:; of ::Lis
dc::::ign becau::::e _l2 b .. l.d developed in all t'no il1.torvcn1"10 1'" 0 '-'8 "r)ral c...!J
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sees it throu::;h eyes essentially uJlchane;ed
from
t>J narrato2:'1 s stol'ios
B n asnis scm.
t'~lat
S.,DCC
-~lis
tcr,::.th
Sutpen neve;:' recognizes
He r::;fl.1s8.1 to aCCei)t Bon
allo~;SGi.10
Bon-
Judith situs..tion to occar anu. forces Henry bo Idll his hal.fbrotCLcr
~::,,~1..,
go into ",iding,
'di Gh Henry gone SutJ,)en has no
6
rJOIY;S,
folt
CL'';)
t~e
r;rand-dml"ter of: J::1;::;h J'ones,
0.)00::"
~o
stine of rejection just as Sutpen had
an
of moral
outrQ~e,
1;:01"'ali ty
pla~~7ed
:Lr:l·JOrt~;L;t
striking
Hho
'.,hieD
na,
cl,ii'i'o:e0:.:ce, h01iov.;r,
o~t at
~vil.
what he considers
no PCLC't :1..n the croatian of the desiGn; Sut-
p:m merely vO"dod to rsvGnL;e th.'~' lfl'Ong to Hbic~1 he ly'.cl been
subjected.
He is lli'1pre)nrod for an:;' attack on a
his lacl{ of morality in
pLJ.nt1C~t:i_on
and
Hundred. 1I5
blood echoes
-':;~lO
8.
11101'0.1
very real Bemse de::: tro~r8 iLL.'l.
~)nJ·t-IL)gro
Bon turned
Lu,m.~,T
f1'o;::1 ,::;ut:,Jen IS
Gil.arles I s defiance at tho discovcn':- of
3u~;Gnls
basis;
[lis
blaclc
childhooi reaction, bl.t, ironically,
ins a full-blood Necro.
Their idiot son i;:; all tLat
8-:"U'-
vi ves from the; grand Sv.tpan de::dgn.
Of t,le na:C'2ators only ~~uentin knoHs all
,-
-;:'h8
Tlfacts fI of
tIL Sutpen ler;end; Hosa Coldfi,::::ld and-~ucntin IS fatl-:e :,.-, explain
1Jhf:'c t
the: J' don I t Imoi:J by conjocture about
1.r[lJ_1.t r;1USG
have hap-
7
.S'y 3n :·luentin, lJit~l the H!lOl:; story in front of hil:l,
pened.
r'ealizes that :;implo fdctis don't explain the i)8.SG; ho and
,3hrove c28ato pe:d1.a)s the mas",:; imaGinative of tll;) three stories
from \!hat
t~ley
knovi .:,fuile tho need of all
narrators to
th:~
go oC;Tond tho basic story for truth indicates th.::d:; facts alone
cailllOi:i explain
t~~le
)as t, t!13 d is tor'tions pro sent in eaC:l of
tho versions shm'ls tUrt \~ no on8 can sea
bO~Toncl
b.is O"Tn }),e-
concepticns to trul;T lli"1.derstand history.
~i'aulkner
in the
fil~st
e.st;ablishes a
p8.~c'aGraph
st~cong
feeling of past-in-present
of the novel.
On a !lstill hoc doad
-r,'IOJ.ry .)crpteml)er afternoon 1r (P. 7) in 1910
in a st'Ll:Cfy,
ho~c
~{osa
Coldfield sits
room she calls the office Itbecause her
The old lady is HeaJ:'ing the; ~lGter'nal
of' the sutpen lo::;ond.
01ac1: she ba;:; Horn for forty-three years •••
the story she:; tells
(,~l).ont:i.n
11
(1'.
'7),
and
bas lived and grmm in her r:lind
foI' at least tha'r; 101lg.
Hosa I S ;":;ut)en is a demon 1J11.o bU.P3"C UI)on Jetfer'so;.). from
and a :.?rench arci1i toe;,.:; cOlr::micsioned l,O build a mansion.
The
og:;:;::;-fi,.ure she crea:.:;es spiI'its he:;.' sister Ellen avJa'Y and
~:ldt;ho1):t
;;entleness tr
(P. 9) 08[:;ecs
tHO
ndoomed H ci1ildron,
ilon:cy and Judith.
d,·;ells on -elm incidents Hi:lich renf'orce
~1.ej:'
a ,)unday
opinion
family to
of~utpen:
c:ilUI'Ci:l
01T.Hlt
~losa
HhEm :1G
briI13:~;
in a carria;;e dr'i ven a ;n'calmeclc
a fi:::;ht:.nG incident
first
]JlOi~nin7~
ir301vin~j
s~)eed,
Ju.tpen and his NeC;roes.
,Ii tnessed; the second
~:;he
his
imaGines.
al'ld
The
In both
Si::10
pain'~8
[leI' si3te:e and tLe
t;~.iO
c1lildI'cn as vic Cil:lS of
1'1'\
.. ..1 J
,,,
( .i:!.
'rho r:)alle .. ' may initially
th.'l~;
moru l';,::1iable tha...'l1.
as [;L'.me thed:;
of I-ll.". c..:orilpson
dosa t s POi"sollal
oI'~uentin;
nOHCVeI',
he:::' unfold.inG of tho past provos this assu,nlltion 1'alse.
l.mabL:;
clla .. 'acter; li1'e encLod 1'0:":' ,:osa tile d.a:: of'
,3~)tpen IS
proposj. t:Lon.
~:l.lmost
nonexistent; until
~1Cr
i\s·;~ueD.[:;in
child
.,,0::;,'2
nins:teontLl
lio
i:;ens,~o
~)utpen
he:;:'
stor~i
on thac hot
that eloquently clesc:;"ibes tho IXl.tbetic lonoliness
of the cloistered child:
Q:J.on(;in seemed to ',Tate}::. l">·~;solvin'l,'
tho .fi:J"llT'o
•
of 8. little ~:;il'l ••• 01' the dead. time.
She
sedIllE,cl to stcmd, to lur~;:, bel-dne. l,h:; rlGa~,)ic::et
fence oi' a SI,l'l11 ("",·in1.,r
rrll' d"~l';-cl'" "'S .,,.
'.,J,-tl
'( ._......, . ~>(/'
or' lo:,m, loo:inc:~ O{;l; l1. 1)on u11a tevcr ogl"''e-l.,orld
of tLL'~ t quiet villa.;e Co t;r .;ot ~.ri tc tin~· G.i:::' ot
c;~il(;..rc)r... i)orn coo 1:J.te into thair parent I s Ii V~S
and dO;Jl~lecl to GOl1t;r):n:)lC'~t('; aLl htllnan ;)()havior
ti-ll"'OUC;;.:.i,;L10 cor:jL~lx an 6. needless follies oi' adults •••
(P. ?2)
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_~osa TS
ox:~stel1ce
a s
t~:'G
ill-tLw:} child bereft of a life
In 1'11'. Compsonts
version 0:2 tlle
Su.~pen
teaCl:l Ju.cli th, tilOn
eni~D.r;ed
and t:-:'12.t :,h8 secrctl:r
Hpro j
octin.~.;
stOI':,- 'de lOi,rn tllD.t
I~.de
(~OG:"
offo .. eel to
to Gl,a:<Les "Jon, to:ceep
tI:lin:cs for he2 niece t s
UI)on ,Jud.itil all tho abo:;:'ti ve
0',;:.1
d.oomed. a:ld fru.s trated :.ro'-lth.1I (9. 70)
I'JO:eds,
;3110
prc.:,;a:ped for llher m·m vicQj'ious bI'idal l !
I;rioI' to Lli:l t.ime
.proper,
::~ho
ilO"l).ld
t1'OI.<'3:
eau,
and delusions
dr0fl.111S
of' hel'
to a :~an (Bon) she i12.d not ane;.
1:101.;,38,
In Compsonts
T? )
never see alive.
plant~:1t;ion ha(~
bce;n little
just as t::.uy canscdi:osa to D..ccept tb, e mal'pia:;e
tho man
S[lO ~lad 1" () ,~" d. rde d
'"
.>utpen's
outpaged
and a3:1111'10d S~lG
1',::;
l;urned to l"w:!.' fatho:L"' f s home in Jefferson,
10
It is frOHl this ViOl';point, a lllixture of frnstro..t:;ion,
crUS~1e
d
l'ol~lanticis~n
and 5113.:-;).e, that
In rcali t~r
to Jeffei'30n ancl
I'ocluse is
Sh3
\J~le:n Sut~:.;eE
her )ict 1).re 0:,:'
.~llen
crone
as a
b·. · <":om:pson 1 s descl'iption oft;l-le
lro::an e.s a 80cio..l buttel"fly.
~i:::.rd.:-'y lCI10l,;
tells her story'
Hasn't even born
lrJ.ar:pied,~:llen;
con~~r':-'tdictcd
1\030..
Hosa herself aclllli tE: tll.at she
'rhus he I' vel'sion
Eon;:'::" a.:l.d Judith as chlldren.
ofello I.;utj)en le{.;cnd is co:n'cl"olled by her llatred for ,)utpen
and f:£'ustx'a cion
(~as
iJ.. tL:.e
li1':; she never had.
As Ha:.:;an points
oosassed her far' over:.O years.
G:.~iti cs usu2,1~r COl1sidel" 1/[:1:'.
Compsoll.' s ver~Jj.oll of
interaction with th3 citizr:ms of Je1'l'J2cWil
COJ1.l;·L on t
s
:3 tOI'Y
as it
~l.nd. (;:10
'das
t:.lG
tOIl!. 1 S
in rto s a I s
case, but this tine FaL11kni.' uses a public irn;.'.<.o, that of
~,-nci8:::1t
ancient steeple of Jeff3rson l s
from
S"Ll t 1) 811' S
iiuncI2..n e (1;
11
r-
people
he
til i:e
c,'\::;
~aso~
~Oi'n
:;'"'i2 t gli1'1:" e of Sucym.
B.epoa tedl,;!" he) ;:'e-
.hon 3ut90n arrived in Jofferson.
In his
t:1GqLciSi tion of Sut):::m IS Hund,-od:
=:~':ll r 3
t:;h:~j ITlicka-ilay Indian I3..gent ,-d t11. OJ:> dL'OU,,:h
lle c~eal t ~;,_nd ~~o it -;;U3 ll:YG until he Hal:oQ the
C()"t.:n L-;T }{E;Col~;,1el~ t.~.-:"E~'t S[l. t;lLi:·I...~a~y· 11.i,~~.:-[:}.·:_~ ~-~~i tIl t,110 deed.,
pat8:~_t, to 1~L1,:: lar:.d ~:mz..~ the; gole_ 3).~lnish coin, th-d~
1;a~:
It
I'hlor,l
tL'13
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of
mil~~
l,ss..~~.~·lod
so~e
of
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(
12
Ll0
intended to nm:10 Clytie, Cas s an ,_tr D. ,
prorlptodo
30:;:;:0
He c1'e((i ts
on Ly from scelle to sce:::..e
,
.
(P. 62)
O~.J.~
La'ter
Comps';:m de;'.) cri oes
t~18
.31
his discourse
Sut:pons as
••• peol)lc too as ",;e ~?l"'·e, and victi.ms too a::: "..J(~ ,L'O,
but vict
of' a ciiff t320nt ci:!:'Cl:illlstru1ce, si.m,~)lc;r' •••
ELl1"" t~'~.:::~'oi'OI'e l::;I'C ~jJ}poi c too, not c11J:L. . . fec1 anc~ involved 'iJ't
st:r..nct, uncoi.ll)lo::-: ~LLO i'lad
Gift of'
10vi:1t:: once a::.:' j,;·~n.3 once '.n:Jcoc:t,: of beinc; cliffus cd
[3.. rld. scatt~.:.:·ed c.L1eD,t"i.~"':~OS (iI')a:-l::-l blincll:r li!rlb .:2:'''''C1Tl liInb
f':c'om a i:;J.'ab oag an (1. assenblod ••• (l). :,", i
Jus t
TherG is ana element in tho Sut)en legond
r~;1
liosa IS olos e-
th~t
neither
13
kill Bon in t(W very ,)resencc: of Jueli th at
pcn'l'S Hundr3d?
th'~~
gates of Sut-
H03a's driving need to a:as~-rer t~lat qlestion
leads hoI' to SWllmon (Luentin on that september a.f'td'noon
to accompany hsp to tIle old house, ,·;"t-:tGl'O ;;:;110 fe·:;;ls ti.l.e anS'i'Jer
to
t.;.~e
riddle r:lLHJt be hidden.
She is not satisfied
1:Jith i1er);.m O:z:pLlnation, t::lat Sutpon fOI·bade the marriage
for no .':'eaSOll.
Yet .. hen
does fL~d th3 truth (if 'de
SL18
assu.."11l3 ti.-Hlt Henry tells hoI' of Bon' oS black heri;.;aE;e) :::ne
llundred, perhaps, ['..:. Shreve
told it, took any ste;;s,
and
tll[.~t
3'..1[; ';03 ts
th-.~t
it
at tCle end o:t tne
H~)Ulu
be over then, finished,
L18."Gine; is li1;:0 cirin.1:: OI' drue,;s and
The
t~uth
8t1-;
partially exonerates the
i::i.ad used it
dm~on
ha;; c:e;.j;ec1; she is reluctD.ntE.'tt first to IflOc',ify
COln •. :·son t
1101'
t.~e
Bon -Honry-Judien 3i tl;D. tion.
:;or::;hip 11 of provincie.l, clo ..,lnlike Honry (p. 9,::.;).
He
0\.'11
s dramatic ten.c:"e:;lcies come :':'nto full r1la,'{ in
nis d:i::: CJ.ss:L.on of
(1.).111.
Rosa
pI'ovic~es
Henl7';:ich a tHo-fold motive
£'01'
Bon fnner::;es
Bel_sed on
pushing
the re2.:'J.t:i..onbi9--Heru~y t s ador&.. tion fo:e Bon s.nd, rilore im-
11+
portarJ.tl:/, his incestuous desi]:".£} for hls sister.
COIill? S 01.1
,
~:::
tao brother
tTp':rhaps th:.s is the pu,re e...'1d p';r.fect incest:
rbEl.lizn;~;
c'llQ'C
th8 sis tel"
3
virgini i~
InUS t
be
dGS ':'l>oycd in order to 1.1UVO exis tee;. at all, takingcil.at
Hllom he T'!O!.lld be if he couL~ becOlile, ••• II
(P. 9S)
According
to Co:'r,;,)so:J., Henry killed Bon because his IIfierce provinciaI's pride 11 (P. ')6) co Id not 3.cGept Bon's relsd:;L;'nship
,·[i th
[l..1l.
0
:;toroon mL·tres s
::,tor~T
versL!ll of tho
violont;
::~,ct:i.on.
::;.Tld
cem learn nothing
c['~re-
lIjust dO(3S ;'~ot ex:pla:tn l' (P. 100) Henry's
He concludes tl'l3.t
to fully v.nders ta:'1(~,
Yet, al thOll.~;;~l he
child.
tLI0
f:e~jhl
.p:::, •. t,
the. t
~)oople ~\.l"'e
i~GC
not supposed
figul'es 11e
tho P3.;:;t; Fate, r.:"ther tilan
~3et3
lTLUl t
against
S
l.-1:i.ll, det')l"'r[LneS hi:'; futur'e.
Ie. tions, bias os coUll!' ha tre(~L3 of tilG
alono (even 3hl'eVG can:10 C l:no' ;;"~j
,~uent:;Ln dOUG)
~)ut.)cn
x,mCil
has all t:1C fc.'..cts at t'ne
legend. fall.
He
about the South as
tJ.Jl)
he is cre,:ctlnG
explain t lw )"'.:: t ;
,:ha t
is
llO~3(;
L;lpo.et l~Tt;t;o kn 0 1,,[ • • • [;he
truth )I'oduces
8.
fe01in~;s
taD. t
can ;,-;w.ke
ve-;.' ~;i ~)n jus t c:c:' bia:3ed as Hosa' s hate-
15
CorrJ.~J[;ont
driven and
dctac~J.ed
s
stOl'lCS.
~li
in Heru:y a ch,:}..'.'acte:c obsessed
Q,uentln
Por Q,uontin cr:'.tes
l".;h tb.o valuos Hitn uhich
l-r~ll:self is Hrc:::tling 9 and '(rill die for just; six
nont"i1.S r:l..f"::;er tellinc :'li :::, v3I'sion of ,sutpen 1 s story.
Ir;:nic31. ly, tot:gh :,i,u.jntin is faJ.'tu3r rel:loved in time
i~ltense
i::.volvenlent ·,'Ti t~l t,r6 peJ.st is as unavoid.able
theirs.
as "still too ~10'Jn::; to
Pmllln1.;.r describes hl,)l
br'
,-~ 0
,""
"
c;...I.
,-:-ho"
", .•) .
j..~
+.v
,
'o,]iI,.,,_V
nevertL1sless
h·,vin,~':
_
since i1.8 VJa,'~: born a:lIl bred ill tile dee[J :South •••
His
meet.:~ng
to bo one •••
II
(~).
9) in
,'it~l
Hosa is
II pn.rt17;,"
l'es.),)n-
"
1
t'W.P
Ci. :/ c: ~n::.a 1 ; 10
Gonp.: on
bof:'ionded
'\':[10
3ut~)en,
Quentin if,
sible ti:lI'ough herecii t;;r for ',,;hat hap)8ned to hor a''.o. ;16r
f8.1ilil~r •••
(P. 1.3)
t1
11he old Homan forces h:i.:.n to acc()rrl:t:J'-.!.'T~r
her to ,3v_tpen I s Hundred, thus brin:sing \:tuentin faco-to-face
'real. 11111
';luent'.n is like-,.;ise
Three
for'
Gan~::..dian
TlO';T,
e_l-:~'~;
audience for 'clis
art 0:':' tile lon:s Sep~Gmber afternoon a.nd
Shreve IIcCann.11
but lA:lysical di:;::;ancG
1l.iS need to
later
lilo·jl~hs
c~'..ptive
t"!.
l:CTt:iOI'j)r'et
,~md
fro~,"
its hLto.
hirrls elf.
the South dous ::.Jot:; les:'; en
•
To fully appreciate
t::lG eV.:,;:1i.:;s that leac. up t,:,:, it,
8.S
Ci1ron_~.c13d
in
16
Tho :3ovncl and tho Fur::l.
Li~u.'
Absulom, Absalom, 11he So ,,'.1.1J.l.
tells a
--
In 1:;(le
Gac~
latter novel, however,
tints
:~. i;~; tor
Caddy, th,
;;~;lotional
for~lOr unbo~'n
provide a H8l":le
tilree
~tory
O.2C)t~l(:;r:',
is a
Jepar~be
entity; the
centur:,f' t:10 COm;;Jf:iOn
Ci:lild::l.C'G prosentee. :Y;r CadciJ IS
. ',uentin, Benjy and Jm1On,
c.nd by Dilsey, a.
cepti<m of' Caddy I s behavior is diffee-ent; al1cl h;].3 a uniquo
eff'oc-t
()!l i.LtS
c31'ned only
,:J-.,:rl.
Hi t~l
;,·:~uentints
Caddy I s effect on Q.uentin.
narI'at:Lve opons on tn,:"
scct:·.Jn of tile novel
\lJ~-:":::;
HallL;S
CacL.~,-
sicl-c
to sa.
Fa~Jlkn:3Y'
D.il~
L~.:,t
e:nploys a
ctay or n:us life,
stl'OaT:l
of con8cien-
fint3.lly, unabl, to
thD.-C
3:16
dio.n t t
G:1joy her reLtcL.i:::1S:
Hdidou :;.ov') them C'~:_~: ~_y o.:Lu.:':-jU lov,:: th',)li1 ••• HIe:
CadcLY for
17
·t;,,~at
tlle conc0pt 1 thG trc.di "G.ion of family L'1Un01'
to
t:.~e
~;outL1GCn
oi'~;u::nt;hl'
tilt's
tradition.
i6.eaL~ --ideals
s
n:::tt·.~I'0
T,hl3.t cannot Hi thst nd ruali t;~r.
is hurting :;rou not C~1dcly •••
(p.
1!
~l:.S
ldLL tL-;.e j:.1811 If:L tLl Huom Caduy
~)2.. ·tl;i·
J1~3),
ilis re8.ction
ODen intim'.tc.
~8.i.·tl;,r
an:;er at Gadcl . . ·'s beh.avior,
quen-
POl' it is I.:l.i s
tin I:.: fat:.lsr tells Llir.1 ;;i til c).eadly accuracy.
L~
is integral
jea::.ou8Y oucaUS8
In flashback, He see
tin try"
'~.uen-
to convince Caclciy tl:,at th::;;y silould tell thsil'
fat!wI' tb.a.t; tl.le;::' had committed ince;::,t
CO:'(185
cau:~.:l:d~ U~)
trato
t~~
in his
of
r~a~it~
~
a~:.cl
8Ct101,10,
tria"\:;
30
carl CLis-
1·lOrd~.
his frenzied
illus-
inc,,"; t in hi::: m:l.nd •
t~·;(@ but it ,·ras iT3 lL:. ten
fr'oled ,.r/")1-1
all .l-C_,~~
"r,'i>o,,->
.;"·.C··'''·
"'1'-' "'O'l t'·l·OU"·"l.t
r_: '- \,.,
C
v II
.J,.........
II
...."
b.J,.
1r lo
I ".["3 l·'l. 4'he
:'0','\"'"
~.II'le-'e
-'- 'f)''-'V a~':o··'·l. ·'·1···['"I·-'·',-""lc
1I_
""e<"·.......
• .........
L
• • • :iOU tllC"Ur';lLt it 'Has
T ../
..
..J
__ .....
J.
J...I..
...
~~
.J..
'J ....:....I.. •
V ."'_1"......
"...1..
'._1
~,f....
..........
'...L
J;,. .....
.i.
'-'_.4 ........,)
.L.
!.,.t
~
"'!&..
tr::<.ng n'Jt to t:drL;: t~lG SC·i'l1r.:; ti.13 Cedal'~ l~~'l0 secret surges t:l;· brcat ..:'.i.. Ylg locJc;d dl'irl1dn;; tLe l;-I~.ld
br.: j, tic. tLl;:;;{eS Yo:: Ycr:;::'<c; s. ••
but t ..LC) b ~' .. ' L'ill
(p •
'l'~c~)'
.....L.. ..."..,/
'b-)
r....
f1
t:..._.
!1.·)t
f'1""')
.
..J...
..I.,_ .•
':-.:.CC8Jti
··"i
J,.J ._',
~~hem;
(P.
185)
he .·.;ants to tako Caud;,:
l·'-",f';ca·f'·',,\
_
-L.
-L
U
\~
But no cannot
kill
~is
sistoI'.
ILl
by taldng
Cadcl~/,
liinnoG.mt; c:'-lild killed oy
·
.=..
1 '''8
'1
nT1Q
"'~.J.,..I..
le (.J.:.r'!1J.j~~)
,_~_......
oue,·
\t
s.nd
hi~o
ilo:"a
ril~
"o,J~
..... ',..,,..\,0 J..
~3utpen
vOi'sioD of
o·r
~
t:::~
''-"".T
~J.J
l:.'
_. ..•'__',
becomas
t(ld
1-wrld, II because i.-le cannot
c::e;rl"~
......
00\ .... ../... , .....
J -,1-:-,"
• , • 'rlir
'+
I
_.J... ....,~J
.-'-c~lOC"";'}I.·;"
.,",
,".J..L-L>
c,e~,~,
. . . -,"·r'lll'-;n:·a·~·-i
'-'"1-'"~
"._~_
'"
u ' V.J..~'
in his
enta~"gled
legend
'L"lv:;;ntin tdr es to
ernor~;es
0',,11
~;'~
l'~:renr,r
,', .,. "i···c'l'
u
"
•
problef:ls,
as biased as tC1at of
• Conpson.
the South.
re'lc;;rse
~ °1 C"r1
unc'''''''
II'
'~LnJ.rl
._
v.. r.".,Pi'-'-"'v"·,e-~E-1;-~
~. _ _ _ _ ..
His stOl';- of
Crj.tic
kiJ.1ins nuX' or ldllLl; nor loven·s.
t;~'l c
.
,.ih3-',f-,
";s·
OJ.~
orde:- of
-'2-v
+- l i l~e
_OJ.,.
usu~c,1
"1''''
C'.
.1-'"
Vl...Ll..,;;
If
lr;>ll)
tLI'"'
(p •
stor,:,r-tellin£j.
He (a.d
placin~~;
One critic has
colloClHY.
1,·
11
j
the effect
3D
"ted
shoci::: "e,len, he point 8 out; nOH thc:y luU': t
of the bare star;
t~ey ~ava
,Ie
";f·~:'.·l· .:..~.J.
·.l·~
'\...oo.V~
l·lle~ill.:n:;
3ut~::n I~)
1 a:"n of
;la:: s ed dO~:ll f1' c,~ Grandi'o.t~.l.or CompsDIl
':-..
·::c~
0.4'''_~
tlz:l
constructed.
It is in this secti()n tl:K.C
Sl[.,n,:~s
1)J.1.1oc~{
de·-
c;ntin t
to
L'l'a;:>:
'J""')11
'0" 1
"ll~,,i.',,,,,
""0'.......
""1
.........
'.. "v...
............
J.. . •:·,,,·t·'-VC>'·j
_~L-'I..
J.:- '-" ..... I "
__. . .
II;
·,;'1' '_-';r
...s..._.>.-.!.
<oJ
S
"'nce •
V
accept8 the description:
th,o.t i:rmocence l:hich believed that tt'.e
icy
lJOT'e
ingra(L.8nt~,
lil{e the hl:radients of a c"c1ce or :)i9 •••
1I-v:hat cunsci::.:nce ••• warra~1ted
chat ,ou
C01.~l':i helVe
y01.J.
in
trl(;
of ;:nol'alfI'om
boli ..;f
om' ;It immunity i'I'om hoI" (t:::.e l)art-
:Negro lIife 3utp,:.m re.j:Jcced) for no
0 dlG2
coin but:; jU:Jtice? I
II
,'Jhether or not ho :2oalizes it, quentin imbues
self
C 21 ;iOU,c:; c: s.
'['ho.t; he can unccerst811.d
more poi:,;ne,nt, :::.s
1:JO
J?l'orll 3utr)cm I s
IJUZZ..Le
~Jh8.t
she.ll see
lle:::,:~;;n
FlOre
'C;L'W
c LC~l.,.:'
I.~:
lIoalcness '':If
l!;,i~el'l.
Q,ucnciJ-l and Shreve turn to tL1e
haunts R ~ ;,:,a ano.
caffL~8
COill.!.);::on- -t'i"lO Don-Judi th-
11
20
.,
.
ti.1.iJ.t Dun
.]:},:c:
dutpcn's pc:.::.::t-Hegro s,)n, of'foI'Lng
.Ie cannot
1cn)~~
t;i~is
fact as
from the evidence Faulkner gi vo;) us
and~u;:mcin
"the convi"sation be:;Heen £en:::7
in the 010. man-
sion i;3 only alluded to--not E)rGSant.ed; ide CclIl only assume
tho,'e ',..rD.': one)
fro:;1 lknr:/ or'
,;:hotller
~,'~lDt;hc;2
;~~uontin
he
cre'~,
t:,~is
re:J.lly ;:::;ot
:::6" it to i'i t into
p~;J:"naps
of it
ini'02~'1,::l,tion
n.
pattern
not so important as
'l'hrou,,;'i1
enlar,r:o::; uoon t<e
.,,J
"~
"
!,~tu,ellt-.Lnt~)
C'~Tes
l.'''e SCD 'Cllt)
n~~;l11,~:~r!.t
1-/ilen :'3tl.tpon
rene
evide~t
rorilance in
. . lone~r
,,~u8ntin f
in the scsne he creates.
:;~u8:1.tin'
l[:~
·t,ell[~
s o'n
3truG:~~le '1Ji
th -,-'s.:r,lil,;i' honor 8...'1.d morality
ev:l.<lenc in his portrait; of Henl"Y.
Qi[;cove:c~r
of BonIs identity vri::h tho
Henry SUP;)o:,edlf felt in th
vi;~~
of Bon c::.nd Judith
si t;,;:,atLm.
iraagines Hs:n:e~r in s. fr'Emzi8d ba",t,le ~:ith himself to acee,!;)t
t2w inc0,St t:1.al:. DOn IS mm'riage to JuQ.th c,Jill in::.ur'e;
II
"
qJait.
Don.
.Jai t.
Let mG got used to it,' 11 (P. Jir,O) he bess
e"n"~ 11 1.1..\"'/.
,., ,t
)...).1..
..J"
II
(
P•
s
21
r.
coming up
~·dtll
a
Lor:~'m 11.8
dl)l{e t':lat I1lai'ried his
later )"shes the 1)1:'0010;:;1 aside tem,o:2arily
tilat llchewar ,·:i11 settle it ...
aln~os:.;
lr
(P. 34.2)
His
he
the hope
m;n
in00ci-
""Jelc;:JY:10S 30n IS fir"Ill oec:'sion to Dlarr:T Judith b·3cause
~.
Il1~uenl.:;in t S
v.:t'sion of t;,d
\""..".,},
Sut;)~rli·t
tion alon:), as 'l-'lenc.in consiciers it alone.
He
b~):rs
'~:ith
sistOl~;
l:::~lO'.J
.;llJ).
3hrove G.111p10y perha})s
isth., th2ea t
Not until later
11l01'e
invonJcion
1es s abot1t Bon tilan aDc;ut ar:y other character in
tllcir sto::c'y. 16
i"rom Comps on IS descriplJion of a ·wo:;-ld-'iieary
sophistocate tho bOjs create a rather fatalistic character
acquaintnnce to galn access to sutpon.
;:}l ~,;
1 8f:l.rneC-1 ..•
id:jj.~tit.;y
They speculate on
frol:l his
not;lh)I'
or from
22
so lonG ac;o--a Bon
wiW.) i~
a senuo, liko
~;::::'OlJ"f.,
He
~uent~~,
~Jha t
B::n
(~,;~ontin ~lD.S
e:;ql"'ess:,s~:;h8
;-::;outh;rn code
<l..:lC,
t~e
Honry mus t do if he
In
th.!?t
diGS for
r~
of the
po:Cus,e~:,
to give
single son'ucnce, tho last sentence
Bon syo;dc in hi:::; vor:,::Lon of the story,
r-.eLil [l"d family honor GO vite.l to tLlO
to Ql:ontin ' s
CUrrOl'1t ment::~l
Bon commi CS scdcide as sUT'ely
few months
value~
8.3
an~:;;ish:
C~u',;n~:,_n
d(JOS a
la~er.
".. ~"C"el'l-
r (n" ilenry.
.:\.ncl 85.21,.:0 IIonr"ls G6stul"'e in ::illin,; Bon is
.-Jl'oc.ectod
identii'lcd ',:-ith 'honor
,
de:,Cend
ch .. ieo ,:-.lent~n r:1u::t~ 1119.:,:e-- II o1' vi()">;:':":ni~~ t:,::,opa::;t s;'Ylbolic<J.ll:r
or
hi
~ . ,
1 -.
..LJ~ "'CeJ~3..-j .. :,:
-
,~:llU
-.
o.t
- e',..
!S..:.'I l._L~l'71J04n~j
i'0con.struc.on V,_l:,_t
or
' . .
cto21;;,:"ln<_~:
~Ion.cy Dl16~ t)~.
l ~s
'j'
c. e:"_l.< •
rr 1 b
leG s or ext~m_t, 30n
23
aff'irm
p:{'inciplo::: of r'igid rlorali ty, fILLlil: hOl:Ol" (:l.nd
t,~w
rac.i.al pu:city that he
e3r)01~~;es
ano.. dies for.
Lil-c,: tJ:le other na:c.a ~OI>S, tllen,
states his belisfs in his version of
,,~u(mtil'l
~he
me.cely 1"'e-
Sutpen legond.
He in sensible to the
li8tc:]. tuo lone:; co
~li:,
f::cG[1 . .i:,t::1
mGntioned Gurlicr,
story.
He i"
in
di3to~~iol'l
evon, as
~utJen's
moral
His ;)0.s3ion-
poinc3 Ollt,
!tHe insis ts on the reaJ.iG:Y- of his concepts
and on th,,) validi t~r of tt-16 past ell8 cha:'::'acter of Hhich he
His subsecl\.;ent death
l'oaffil'm~3
his cor:unitment.
ven Qucn-
[,~l1CL
t,) the des tr"L..1.Ct:i..CJn caused by ;sutpon IS rii::;id code of
lesson
fr0~
it and So on
livi~S.
;.'jhat :'lono of the ChclT'acters
in tho novel see:il to realizo, as VickerI points out, is
tb..~t
!l
mm1 1 SL'Jo:',ic.ion is cOlu'i:::1ed es[wntiall::r to ci.:.c p:c'ose:::-lt.
1'l13i1" inability to recog:;:lize tl-LS, flfle continuos, pal"alyzes
.
,',
."
of -CclO
legem.d. 20
tLlem
In 'C~-U
-::'Ol"S
ha;:;. lwlped, to c:C':lai:,e that fO::'1U binds them mope secll.re1y
fCH'll
narra-
in ths circular pattern of history.
LL,:e Fa1.1.1kner .,.lobel-.t
story abcu-c
8.
~";:nn
'v-Iarren chooses to tell a
man, soutbe:;:'n ::;overno:c -.;il1ie Searle, throu:;h
Ros:?"
00:np,:oI1 D.no.
C~uencin
are
Ti:lrough
<-01 '
',Ie see him develop from a In.Eln ".-ho
rosp,n-ibi":"ities of Lis
O'.'ill
hunani t:r to a nan
lc)cigos t;lOS8 :,.""e:sponsibili ties
~'
'rLme.
1
Gnu Hl::'O
(p. ,_:.jC))
ti:18 l.u:: t
sentsllce in
1t1).-;.0
8.C~D.101;-
if reLtdy to step
11
or .
tho o8.;,i c diff I'ence betvJ':)an the
',larJ.·onls novel as
COl,l~)a.red
in1'l~Jence
of hi s
bOI'~r
in
bo :iluulkner1s:
This po:icion tend,,: to
C:l'c;['.ce
a
lYl:3t-prC3cn:c Gil'cular pattol'n from linich hllil1';.:.n beiJl(':;8, such
.1.::.~',-,lOntiI:.
COl1l}Json, cannot; 0scape.
l~ .. cDgl1iZt~d
is also
as
~.iol"':::onal
to
[Cl<i,
ho.:Gvur, the c:w.. ·acte:...'s, Jack
31~'::'den
ii:l particular, are .'161e to look at history in a
iJasieal171 objocti ve
fas~li:;n
ifnm·;led.e t.Dout tilel118elves
a.nd to turn to the; pc,st i'or
3.;1(;.
about hcu::: nit
in
gel1or~l ..
'rl:lif3 }::n01,r:"-,:;;dge aids tilO ci,l:'.racters in the futupe and tends
to cr;ate a spiral, rD. ti;.cr tn2,n. a circulc..r, p:.'--ttern of !.listory.
Jack BU:r>don I s co:nfrontation
~;i th
the :tK,st, as
~)ointed
out o<;.rlil)r, i5 forced by his ;job as hatc·net . ·. r.1an for GOV82nor
For yolibical
rea~onB
Jack is sent hOlla to
B'u.rde.:: IS LD.ndi:ng, a q, iotly respectable southern town,
sta:':;o po '_:ltic8 a:lClJ. m!)..n Jack h['.s respected. and loved all
his life.
J8.ck discovers an inst2.!lCe of political
tion t;hat destroys the jt:.dse and shatters 'niEI
tiH) revelation that the
Like Quen tin,
Jac~~
J'u~ae
c->
c~)I'rU9-
o~:n ~18l"ic,age
wns
Jac~ls
learns th:,·.t he carL'1.ot ;;.;scape
Unlilce Quentin,
Jac': is cLoIe to
accc~,t
L'.e responsibilit.y of histo.C'y.
70
the P;l3 t
and the I{r::'oHlodge tilD. t he t al:e 8 f:t'om
bound Idc,alL t
II
~L'.O tOtO c:eptd
Gonfron-
the political hCLtchc"G-nan job.
'
J ac~·r
m:.:mt '.'Ii t1::. pco})le, tr;.':.t
t:li~:
.
tSfluns
il1volve-
them as objects voi:) of t>e emomal:e
)00
pIe indi vidu'.l hU11w.n oeL1.;s.
gories, deserting tb.e:::n :-:he11 they tht'oEten to breal\: out of
their ilrolo.s."
'L'hi::: aloofnoss is illtLtI'ated in Jac;:ts
relationship to
hi~
parents,
~is
first love, his wife, his
tllS rr..otivesvh~~.t L;d :::,.l.Y:l to [)CCOY,le part of the political
IUD. chine)
that nade,:illie Stark governor.
J~:tG!C
I S homc:;lii'e
n<:~
be; divided into tlQ S3pal'd.te sub-
another respected, poli-
bmIilder.::ci t;len aloof to t.:lG ::.:trC2Jn of husbands t2::;n by
.tl·)n JaGk rct,):end to Burden 1 s Land-
00C,'.:1.1.128
.~~e
:':'cJaL:.:/
l,ranl~:::;
to
see heI'
l)l~t
because he fee13 it
ll!et i cu10'-:.3
r
"
~li2
de: criycion of
I'lOthol'
t S
behctvior :uld
tH.r::
respons 0
OlJn
He is carefui to
jLLd:;l::~).lts
pass no
i:;w,tio,,~
hus
t:-l)GC~lc~t
II
(P.
t~Le
a3
20C)
as "fe,ther,
If
pre:::,uc, sit/alloNs
old
I1~\iil1.
abc'"LJ.t Judge
chest •••
m~:;ll
tbat HY lei. indics'-Ge :.L:lS pCc'30nal involve-
::]fln
rrh8 elder B-urden, v.TtlOm Jack
Schoh'..rly Attorney, has become a shabby,
'For tile firr;t ti218 he refer·s to ti::.e
bvc he s1J,dd )J,ly pulls hin~,.:)lf b~1Cl;: to the
a:n~'
L··..... O
VLJ, ~~
c.ila. cst::; bacl;: to 1Y:siness of
dig;~;ing u~J
dirt on
is ended.
ThE~
unplo8.santness and
tOHa1:'Ci. tlose BUl'cien t s
Lal1.~.i.~lg
2
corn that
Jacl~
as::;uciates 1'rith
residents is also detac:::ecl
arHi unre,::lli!::;tic--he soes JUG.go II'crin
8~1c1
Adron
,'l~ll:
.\nno
28
r
.
ju~ge,
re~r8sents
ironically,
a
~ather fiG~re
to Jac:c; eveD
Js.G: sc.ys OV8i.' c:.nd OVGl' uhen
of
Jack reVC2e.s trw In:ln,
::.,t to be f:.yuncl on eVer7,rune t s record.
b~t
~e
ca:mot see him 88 a
~eal p0~son.
His attitude to\'J:,,-rd Adam and Anne Stanton, hi:, friends
since
" "'L
CC1:-,
__ c:.."h
. . .~s
aoa,
,
:illlJ..Cil
the
S3n'C not :)11.1] fr-iendship but also
(p. 11::)
dJ~:ir8.·olc:;
female.
hl)l~
'.1.'he brother- and sister
SDllle.
t1l0
solid, lUlc:!yesti.'Hclble
He f.Jrt;C1.G fi2,st thle sees Am10 as a.
t::.e :Ll,::..:ei.-le 2C'calls so vlvidl:,;" from
The irn::.Ge I ::;ot i n 1117 head th~t dD.;,· ~·[::tS ;:;l~e iIile.gO
of her'fc;,ce l,i'inS L, Gl18 ImtC)r, very smooch, l·;_c.I~Ll
th:J eyes cl)~;eCl~ u.n':,er t~10 d,:u'jc, r.:;ree.r~is~j.-J!\..u·,le
e<1 r .,. , ' . ' ,. .J•••.. ( . • • ' , \ ' ; . .
····11 -'.-,as
'.'
'
~'n
.c._....; ,
L',l G d, .... clv \"J,. .•l .... e :.:,u
''';,.. .LnG
ovo.....
.t • 11"')
",.
(')
5_s not unlL;:e L:.he id()aLi..zed picture of CL,-cidy trl<:3.t
ca!ll1ot ·bea,·t' to s()e
<ie~:;t;royod.
An.i.1.6
t S
Gve:.ltual 1'::;11
i:nll.ocn ce L', indee;d difficul t; for Jack to ::~rm.dl(j.
'-.
;;:~uen tin
f·."Cl l;l
His
final ac ce'c·c.rlce of jl.nno I S iloq;.J:c-'l'ec t:;lons is inclic~?,'ci ve uf
t.:~e
difference bei:;Heen
::.~ue!ltin
a'-:Ld hirrL.,31.:c....
29
pupit;~r
chastit~/
ccnd
ti."lD.n as a
::;~>T1bol.
to
His
3:r to'uchinr:; hcr Jac:: Hould
u:lc}:.
uE\Ji1lin~;n(;,ss
to de:.:;troy tho..t
imo..;~e,
go
keeps
.i\.:!1.l1 G •
:.18
oO,.ld not ::~;."F'!.I'e : ith Ann.::::.
;~))Lds
of' love for tl18 purel;T pilysical reIiJ. t :Lonship; he cannot
accept DO 1;h aspects of love from one persoa
11.3.3
f081Ll,~;3
••• 8.S
:.>:::H5.
lo:~E.s
o)inioI"lS
0.. 2.
;).8
lO~J.f;
as 3110 ~,,:. ,S
t3he ~'T::"S
IT~ tr~20, as
the SOl)n(:s
Hell as sexual
[j
that PCI'-
.;-H'O.8SSc.,.C
lC8.ves
l;lcl")e_~y tlJe lJ1~Crlllle-Lois, [-l.S
tJell-(:Ll'eS[:~e(l a.Ilir:lc'!"l, ~1..S
r(;t~_;. ~L;T ~::' l)~~l'~; ( ) f irJll0C:3:1"0 nonhU:':1~lIl
3rJ..G
lonr;
D.S
bCC8'-1.~':)
~_12.. ~-;
Sir1l)1:,.t G.
lon.~; u.s I haem Ii:; beg1.U"l to not:!.
81.-:0 !:rlf.::..~ie 1.-vOIl e \'JOl"lQS, t'~lGl~e 1',f::'~D
co t;:::a'c
no 11.aI~lI1
i n .. J..~2 8..n<I~~o ~lD.·l'l ini~h; :.:'cal :i_Y e~:tr·aord.ill::,r'y
pJ..ca::;uI'e :lLle coulc;. ])rovid.c.
It ~.:ZlS onl::r c.ihen I
oD::(jI'vod t:U::lt t
Lo:Ls H~.'.S mixed up ~Jith 1:;[:"'0 other
Lois., ~Ji t;11 c·::;~etn.j_l1 11Llr.lC~11. -1c:c~ii ts, ~~~2.LLt~ I l.J8t~~~al1 to
feel tl~:;.t all :w:..";CS oi' ll1n.l"l night; be SH2.11oHGl:. up
in tb.·:) quagmire. (p. 301-!-)
30
to r3G.lize C:'::"D.t
1:1:3
l1l8.r':c'ied not a )er80n but an obj,;;ct.
Lo:i.s 11ho emel'ses as 2. 1.TumuIl beinG
He tends to 9lace people in
111;;C n.L'j
. . . . . .T"
lover;
for a
J:.1G~C :::-11118
~h.D.
...
.,.,"-LQ- -; '" )
__ ... , _ ' J
.,.L.1oJ,
,"'1':
.....
oJ.
\,.. ...
,,[1'1("1'1
~
J. ......,
fr n thUTrl.
in history.
Given Garren's concspt of th2
because of
im~or-
J~c :18
in keeping
Hit:l his s.tt::.tw:i.e
tO~Tard
life.
th'3 all-too-hum:1Il prs:,;:;nt.
Unlike
~:,~uc:mtin,
Kho 1'c::,ls
l."or h:':'~; dissertati0l'1 lH:> cb.ooses
the life of an0:ClC6:::tor of .11:; no....'11od
C8.:~S
Hastern.
31
9.
do,
in~elli
·o:.t.
:3
:.-::G YOUl1::; nanc;i:lO,iO life
·:.1o::nineering
~J.
o:..;her Giloec>t.
who comnic.--ced slJ.icide
"vIi tll Cass.
3trH::en
bel decided
t~12.t
~:~bout
di;~t::l.:'lb
her rolati
lqO:-l
~"li th
heI'
~,·otcn;
.:1shi~}
reL.1.tivo,
.LLS
i·J.J.,s
Llrr;61~r
Gilbc7t sent
discovering
.~lis
tl
i.:Gll-to-
coni.;i'olled
t~o
r~thGr
"\cJife' s rolationship
ilt and f3,,'.r of di.::;covel'Y, lU1IlaHu18.tto Il'l'J.id Phebe lcne;'i too much
".-lith Cass and. sold tho girl dOHn the
river.
t~e
blame for her husband's death squarely on CassIs shoul-
deI'S.
J.t tJ::ir; moment tc.e rcslJonsibility no·t onlJ
.-
a:::)ati:l Ol~t
f~~r'
'rrice l s
J.l:::o for :?hebe I s ni:sfe'l'tl.:mC and Armo..ocl r ~.3 anguish
the rest of
hi~
life:
32
T
'
It 'oT'.:.S not merely ti.:18 deu.ch of my fY'iend •••
I suddenly .felt ti:)e,;~ t;,',e ,,:arlO. outside of
me HD.S sh:U'ting ~:'.~~d the subs tance of t n~n;:;s,
Lnhl thG.t ., t:,W-)I'OCeSs
h::U':L onbj~
bon'vn
of' a
• • ,~.
•
_.... ..
c::?
G8~eral QlSln~ocratlon of Dalcn I Nas the
cor; ·~0r.
(P. 177)
lIe continuC::d,
It "J[ota, in: !~8C'.C., t~::"8 :C~·.ct th~l.t all of tL10se
thi:1.gs --the; dea.t~l of l11;T .f:"·.~'md, the be,:,rayal
of :?iJ.eoe, the ;::;uf:','oc'::':''lg a:,ld rage ~lld great
change of ti.1C :;or;T·n I l'L.d lovcd--all had
CQ}:lC from raJ single act of s ins.nn pSr"f:'dy •••
it :ro',s 9.8 t'i.ough tne vibrJ,tion sot up i:l t.;,10
vr~101e .fabric of' t~le '.JQ:;:ld by Y'lY act hacl sprea,d
ini':i_ni coly and ~,i (;11 eVOT' incr(ja~in(;E;;o '::;1"
ane. no Iil'ill could k,iOH t~lO end.
(p.173)
other.
:;.cce~)'bed
rri:!.:::tt he
the records of
L1:i.:,
this re:::,.-'onsibili ty i:::, evident in
LJ.ter lil'e.
He vient
1\:"
til. at . :;~;l)t to
1"0::: cue
cept of slaveZ':;-.
Ph;:;0e e_nd
!,l..
a:t::~
81'8.
01J.1l 8ij
dO';JTl
~ll~;
in
:LU-
<0.
clltmgod rlis sntire con-
01Jt
Cass
>;i~h
enlist~)d
free
o..s a
dut, to -';mlk ',lith his fellaH so; chern-
He vOt-Jed, ClOHevcr, to nuver kill a nan.
ll~)und
I'i VOl'
1"<
He tried to ',:,:)J:'k his l).La.:ntation
·.:1'l:Jn Civil}c. . r bro];:o
becm.u;e he felt it
~"_"'; ..... ':"
Just bofo:-s the ond
Oft;;1S
He died of a
w'ar _ ,'). death he con-
lli [) P "].' ,t ':: 5.11.
()n
his
" ~ .!- ', .. b
(1.. vc.t.v.t.!..
." d ,
(~
.. :..'- ov,,)r bFt the d;>-L~.C~, ;;i.li ei:l uill :pt
l=cn [;1:10.11 come to·;et or yot and die
irl t;~'l~, c()rmnOl1. ~'~lxilt of :n,:::n c,'''}.l.d i~'1 "bllG [;:,'i1t
t ':... c t, :J ~;;:.t t :lE.;Iil hi t;i:ler frorl fa.r ~Jl ;ce::: a:i:ld
di;;t;tl..lt fir,;;::.ides. (p. 1(37)
It is
go
:::::!1 •••
kind.
Li.fe from the
"
left
tJ 8
In a
:.1 Itl,.iI~~:_l
l)O;\i'~:L
~Co_,
,-;ithout 3.:-::': mora.l
faC(3
1-Ja,J.
-
t~,_~:e
i:~~O
c:.c
1~~"".G·~
t,.-~;:~j::.
"il,":iCl fD.. cecl
~-li:n:~~elf.
o:L'i'_'n.t::d;i.~;l
-~~ __
-i)~)
'c'1~Li:~3
"J·tG·l'~: l}jJll1.,
at all ... cO;.:lcLl't
l~'i'l
-·c;
co a ::-:lor::,l 1) ';01)1 .;r1
ill
!_C
!_'__
O,,~l
f~11d.
bl()o(L.
,
(1.!- t3 Ct",S-
a~? -~ ~ t '~:.~.~J
-08. G~:~,.
:;'1[111
~
:·~::.n(;.
stu.I1·::1ecl on:o .~.S f~lT:Li.l .. hL;to~7, involvinG
i~..
f], i'" f~"J.ili 1-,/, [l C,-_ .. ~1~) _L::) of garlc:~:e .~~. t.~ i '~)11S
"j" _.:.~)
~··iLi.d. (lG~I~) to J -;:l~';_ S .life to t.:.- ,j_
' to fi-
f;raclc]
t:1• c
-
"~'J~J"S
[1
~l
Ci.J_~.>t.3l)
a~oiJ3,
After put,tine; trlG unfinisned dissertation
Anne
I~:
,
mi stl'ess J,"e1r;. t;,ll'lship Hi th,Iillie
'7
llilli':¥.
li
(P.
311 )
3tar~;:
Jack,
trig;~;era
a
That t-:,lc)~),::;ht is IItoo horrible to face 11
(P. ,:)11), so he e,zonor':~,';0S hi:mss1f from respol1:Jii:dli't;y fDr
Anno b
JClC,: IS
~~~nc
~he
or
possibility
ot
l~
emotional O?
-::crn2.l1,
.r~l
~.'"
croation
irr~ol18ct~al
c'lrl
.....
u'"
cO'-'SC··l"'<I('e
.l....
•
.J,',_
IiL:
as I have sala, I wus once u student of
~
involve-
,'I
h,~chet-:;t
ni2to~y.
.0',
_......
f'~'oe
_
,n job
A student
35
(P. 157)
P':L~t:;.1
VG<: .similn.r to Quentin
CorlJ)~JOn.
On the surfaco, their
past's effect on
O'Jt~l
e.:;-;:p::;ct life, Jist
perso::wl, r:i.gid
t:
"t:~.·~c:;
efl', et
~w
:>::d~
G
:::)d)T'G::::~J.G,
to conform to ti.'!Dir
of' stajldards; both rDfuc)·3 to
orll~7
O~l
acc:Y~Jt
:"!.i; 0 n life "out ;}.lso on tilU
ho
iio C!3.11 no
ttlO:JO
u
l:j.vGS
histor~
is too obvious to je
c:ol'li _." d.
I~1
C~:)l.~r~ S C
in officE:.
His
de3tr~ctlvo
c~a~n
of
revel"t:2.o~l~)
of t;li3 inf'orrE'.tion
t~C':i.;';·;ers
of events.
to COl1Vi;:l.CO ,\edam, D re:10::c.ea m.::.r:.;eon, inco
he8.dL~;;
a n01"
a
hold by
~)()th
:"1i8
c~J.il<r·on.
ve!':r nnch a Quentin-fi(;l1.-·G in tile novel.
ho"c.or.
COllLli
:.s
BJr in
:!
shoo~inG
:Lcide.
ii~
ii;
i11i6 in
atccli3
~
pub~icith
tL,~c;
from the
':'hat ttl.s
p~st
~ i8
ri e s
/~11l1C
~S ta·.~ ton.
no
efro~t
to
i~llpO::::--JioiLib:::/·
oeC~132
~~infully
corr~PGiJil
of long
37
po:)!' old
lnJ:c:;~er. I
He ac ce.~-·t;s
hi~)
life.
:.e11
Cass
CD_~L3
I"L~~J
t ...::L)~·l li "'v'S.,:~L
c.1.me
(10
lei.2:::;.8d~:L:.t
i)~ece.
He l(:;,r~':.·:d
ELl10:;"[l: ·,,'.c-, 8 pi C:.r:C:J,>
Cl b
:L~ ·;~-1·l~1·;",·,
tot, 1·_~
-~~,.-C
""l~\,'H
.i.-~er~,-_; te~: t
:;~l·J
t
:;Xt·
.p~)i~~~-;:::.,
p
r:~
1.'''01'
"r~ _1:1..;
.~~C~·-~T
:te'~J.:.-',r_~
,'l':Jcl
il'l
-~.I-;.l,~.·i_t
,,_'ld is all "i' 0:'10
.;~~,J Hor_~d i 8 L:.lce ~l.J.l
t·) \1 0',1
ifOl.l
":'~_-:~~~
"'vi.~)1.~:-:_t,'_O~-l
t Jr ..l.r:(:
"'C .. 1;
it. no'. :;v r
lOli·J
U~_~) ;~' '~-
,' ..,r::;
s pi-
(le)~ feels tLi
-~ ~'-"hr;lG ;JJ.-l'J. i:=; dro"/~rs'y' .J.l() l','lOl'")0 UU.t
S.)J:'lll:SS 8;.'t to i'lL~.;u,l..c gO:Ci awl' coLLi ;.,b:n;.t;
;;,:;1).
..·.0 ha.V6 tOdchn\..t tl:.le;,cb •••
It
(P. 1Gd)
Like
of fae ',t:;.
"
::~Dj.c
eJi::;,-C02:.'
0
.
.
"G_ :.0 j~J..~
1jnli~\.e
coneei V6:3
O'A~1.
'-'
oitm
8
bel:lofs.
l;:~:Lt
fined
t,
eS8e,l~ialll
~)I'oc::.8.1<c
t
thu
aI'O
;..'1.
)'''''' ,-' r~nt
...::' J..
"~.:.:,
1... .... '.:' V
'I
:,. _"-', .
.I..
co
') ')
•
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