The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner

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The Sound and the Fury Questions and Answers

Explain the significance of the title of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury.

Why is The Sound and the Fury considered a modernist text?

narrative tecnique discuss the narrative technique used in "THE SOUND AND THE FURY"?

Discuss the major themes in the novel The Sound and the Fury

Why was Benjy’s name changed in The Sound and the Fury? What does this say about the Compton family? 

The Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner expresses racism in a unique way by having three different first person narrators Benjy (partially omniscient), Quentin, and Jason. Can you find any examples where there is a connection between the narrative form and racism?

Discuss Quentin Compson's internal and external conflicts in The Sound and the Fury.

Discuss the importance of the Benjy section in The Sound and the Fury.

Could you please explain the narrative structure of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury?

With the aid of irony, Faulkner presents and undermines certain myths, like the myth of the "southern woman," in The Sound and the Fury. How does Faulkner use irony to challenge these myths?

Where is there an example of stream of consciousness scenes in Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury?

Innocence, Experience and Incest in The Sound and the Fury You could discuss The Sound and the Fury as a novel about the progression of innocence to experience: for each of the characters, for the Compson family, and ultimately for the Old South. In Quentin's case, his maturation into young adulthood involves the growing awareness of his sister Caddy's sexuality. Do you think Quentin really has sexual feelings for his sister? Or do you think he's merely (though pathologically) uncomfortable with his  awareness of her sexuality?

Explain why William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury is called a significant milestone in modernist fiction.

What is the exposition in The Sound and The Fury?

Explain why Jason Compson represents the dilemma of the modern south in The Sound and the Fury.

How did Caddy's sexuality affects her three brothers in The Sound and the Fury?

Could you please explain with references to the text as to why Quentin Compson should be regarded as a modern existentialist protagonist in William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury?

How is Caddy Compson ahead of her time in The Sound and the Fury?

Explain how Jason Compson represents the dilemma of the modern South in  The Sound and the Fury.

What does Quentin mean with the response "temporary" in the last part of his section? 

Discuss the significance of sexuality in Jason's section of The Sound and the Fury.

Though by the end of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, the past glory of the Compson family—built on a bedrock of Southern values—has dissipated, Dilsey's resolve remains. What about her personality enables her strength?

Why do you think Faulkner chose to tell The Sound and the Fury in this manner?

How has Dilsey in some way taken the place of both Mr. and Mrs.Compson? 

Characters are often bound by the qualities of the society in which they live. Explain how Quentin Compson does NOT fit this premise.

What kind of English is used in The Sound and the Fury in passages like this: "Where you heading for." Versh said. "You dont think you going to town, does you." We went through the rattling leaves. The gate was cold. "You better keep them hands in your pockets." Versh said. "You get them froze onto that gate, then what you do. Whyn't you wait for them in the house." He put my hands into my pockets. I could hear him rattling in the leaves. I could smell the cold. The gate was cold.

Faulkner is at once America's most traditional and its most modern writer. Amplify this statement with illustration from The Sound and the Fury.

Shifts in narration found in the third section Explain the importance of the shift in narration found in the third section of The Sound and The Fury (Jason's section) compared to the first two sections. NOT shifts from brother to brother, but the difference in style between the brothers than Faulkner created. THANK YOU!!!

How would I summarize The Sound and the Fury to students?

I have an essay to write about the theme of mourning in the  book The Sound and the Fury. What can I discuss with this theme, and how is it present or even hidden in a subtle way in the story?

narrative modes Faulkner's "THE SOUND AND THE FURY" is regarded as a technical masterpiece because of FAULKNER'S incorporation of four distinct narrative modes.Comment