Monster Essays - Major Themes in Faulkner’s Light in August”
Major Themes in Faulkner’s Light in August”
Faulkner's Light in August is a metaphor. In fact it is many metaphors, almost infinitely many. It is a jumble of allusions, themes, portraits, all of them uniquely important, many of them totally unrelated. So obviously it would be foolish to attempt to trace every line, follow every branch to its root, one could spend a lifetime dissecting the book in this manner. Fortunately, in the midst of this clutter of wonders, there are dominate themes. There are veins of meaning that permeate throughout. Chief among the....
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