The Hamlet (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1940
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Mississippi
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Tricks, Sex or sexuality, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Rural or country life, Good and evil, Greed, Folklore
- Locales: Yoknapatawpha County (fictive)
Characters Discussed
Flem Snopes, a character who epitomizes an economic force that moved into the South shortly after the Civil War. Snopes is cunning, ruthless, cruel, and devoted to self- aggrandizement through the power that comes with owning property. His business ethics are an abomination; his contempt for the ignorant townspeople he cheats is complete. Flem Snopes, along with his many relatives, is a symbol of economic rape that Faulkner presents throughout the stories and novels he has written about a mythological Mississippi county.
Eula Varner, a sexually...
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