Caroline Compsons Obsession Wi
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In William Faulkner's novel, The Sound and the Fury, Caroline Compson focused directly upon appearances. Mrs. Compson never allowed herself to forget that her family wasn't as good as her husband's. Marrying into a higher class altered her perception of society. She searched for the acquisition ....
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.... obsession with sound and appearances led to the following,
"Reckon Maury going to let me cry on
him a while, too. His name is Benjy
now, Caddy said. How come it is,
Dilsey said. He aint wore out the name
he was born with yet, is he. Benjamin
came out of the bible, Caddy said. It's a
better name for him than Maury was."(Faulkner 58)
Mrs. Compson felt that Benjy did not deserve the family name of Maury. In her eyes he was not her ....
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