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The Sound and the Fury

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About the Novel

Brief Synopsis
Image and Order in the Benjy Section
List of Characters

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The Benjy Section
The Quentin Section
Jason's Section
Easter Sunday

Character Analyses

Mr. Jason Compson III
Mrs. Caroline Compson
Quentin Compson
Caddy
Jason Compson
Benjy
Dilsey

Critical Essays

The Title
Structure
Meaning Through Motif
Faulkner's Style And Stream-Of-Consciousness

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Page numbers refer to the Vintage International "corrected text" paperback edition of The Sound and the Fury, published by Random House. Scene numbers are supplied for convenient cross-referencing.

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