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Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!: An Innovative Narrative Technique
Guilt should be viewed through the eyes of more than one person,
southern or otherwise. William Faulkner filters the story, Absalom,
Absalom!, through several minds providing the reader with a dilution of its
representation. Miss Rosa, frustrated, lonely, mad, is unable to answer
her own questions concerning Sutpen's motivation. Mr. Compson sees much of
the evil and the illusion of romanticism of the evil that turned Southern
ladies into ghosts. Charles Bon and Henry Sutpen are evaluated for their
motives through Quentin Co....
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