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- Title
"SAD GENERATIONS SEEKING WATER": THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF MADNESS IN O(PHELIA) AND Q(UENTIN COMPSON).
- Authors
Campbell, Erin E.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the similarities of madness between the character Ophelia of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Quentin Compson of "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner. Both characters commit suicide by drowning to escape patriarchal control. Ophelia's suicide welcomes her into society because they can manipulate her memory. Quentin's drowning joins him with his sister Caddy through the medium of water. Details are given for Ophelia's voice, Quentin's silence and their hysteria.
- Subjects
FAULKNER, William, 1897-1962; OPHELIA (Fictional character); SOUND &; the Fury, The (Book : Faulkner); HAMLET (Play : Shakespeare); SUICIDE in literature; LITERARY characters; HYSTERIA in literature; PATRIARCHY in literature; MEMORY in literature; DROWNING victims; CONTROL (Psychology); MODERNISM (Literary period)
- Publication
Faulkner Journal, 2004, Vol 20, Issue 1/2, p53
- ISSN
0884-2949
- Publication type
Literary Criticism