Dec 31, 2009

The Sound and the Fury | Sample Essay Outlines

Topic #1
The Significance of Names in Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury.

Outline
I. Thesis Statement: Characters in The Sound and the Fury often attribute an enormous, even magical, power to names. Dilsey, for example, in the first part, says her name is written in heaven and will be called on the Judgment Day. Very often, the name is regarded as a part of the person, no more separable than the heart or brain. This, however, is not unusual. Artists or leaders seek immortality through a name that will be repeated after death. By such acts...